The World Justice Project’s new Corruption in the Caribbean report is out today. Our research shows that a majority of people in the Caribbean believe public officials are corrupt.

The report represents the voices of people in the Caribbean and their experiences and perceptions of corruption in both the public and private sectors. The data in WJP’s new report expands upon corruption data in the 2022 WJP Rule of Law Index. 

• Bribery: While the perception of bribery in the public sector is high in the countries surveyed, an average of only 7% of people who had recent contact with public officials reported they were asked to give a bribe.

• Regional Variation: Antigua and Barbuda reported the lowest rate of public sector bribery at less than 1%. By contrast, 19% of respondents in the Dominican Republic and Haiti reported having to provide a bribe within the last 12 months.  

• Nepotism: 75% of respondents believe private sector employees frequently or very frequently exercise influence over the hiring of friends and relatives. This belief is most prevalent in Grenada (84%), Trinidad and Tobago (82%), and St. Lucia (77%). 

• Vote Buying: On average across the Caribbean, 11% of people reported attempts to manipulate their vote in national elections, and 8% in municipal elections. 

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