{"id":891,"date":"2013-12-04T08:15:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T12:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=891"},"modified":"2013-12-04T08:18:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T12:18:33","slug":"barbados-among-worlds-least-corrupt-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-among-worlds-least-corrupt-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados among worlds least corrupt countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barbados has ranked #15 of 177 countries and territories in the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-892\" alt=\"Corruption Perception Index 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cpi-2013.png\" width=\"141\" height=\"105\" \/>Barbados achieved a score of 75, the highest for any Caribbean country. Denmark and New Zealand were the top countries worldwide with a score of 91.<\/p>\n<p>Barbados was ranked second in the Americas region, between Canada at #1 with a score of 81 and\u00a0 USA at #3 with a score of 73.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking reaffirms Barbados&#8217; position as an excellent place <a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/relocate.htm\">to live<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/business.htm\">do business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Corruption Perceptions Index ranking are based on how corrupt the public sector is perceived to be in each country or territory. It draws on corruption-related data collected by a variety of reputable institutions and reflects the views of observers from around the world, including experts living and working in the countries and territories evaluated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbados has ranked #15 of 177 countries and territories in the 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[13,278,279,280],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}