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Financial Secrecy Index - 2015 Results

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RANK Secrecy Jurisdiction FSI - Value4 Secrecy Score5 Global Scale Weight6 1  Switzerland2 1,466.1 73 5.625 2  Hong Kong2 1,259.4 72 3.842 3  USA2 1,254.7 60 19.603 4  Singapore2 1,147.1 69 4.280 5  Cayman Islands1,2 1,013.1 65 4.857 6  Luxembourg2 816.9 55 11.630 7  Lebanon2 760.2 79 0.377 8  Germany2 701.8 56 6.026 9  Bahrain2 471.3 74 0.164 10  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)2,3 440.7 77 0.085 11 Macao 420.1 70 0.188 12  Japan2 418.3 58 1.062 13  Panama2 415.6 72 0.132 14 Marshall Islands 405.5 79 0.053 15  United Kingdom1,2 380.2 41 17.394 16  Jersey2 354.0 65 0.216 17 Guernsey 339.3 64 0.231 18 Malaysia (Labuan)3 338.7 75 0.050 19 Turkey 320.9 64 0.182 20 China 312.1 54 0.743 21  British Virgin Islands1,2 307.6 60 0.281 22 Barbados 298.3 78 0.024 23 Mauritius1 297.0 72 0.049 24  Austria2 295.3 54 0.692 25 Bahamas1 273.0 79 0.017 26  Brazil2 263.6 52 0.678 27 Malta 260.9 50 0.990 28  Uruguay2 255.5 71 0.037 29  Canada2 251.7 46 1.785 30 Russia 243.2 54 0.397 31 France 241.9 43 3.104 32 Isle of Man1 228.5 64 0.068 33  Liberia2 218.2 83 0.006 34 Bermuda1 217.7 66 0.042 35 Cyprus 213.9 50 0.518 36 Liechtenstein 202.3 76 0.010 37  Ireland2 187.4 40 2.313 38  Belgium2 181.2 41 1.863 39  Guatemala2 177.1 76 0.007 40  Israel2 173.7 53 0.166 41  Netherlands2 168.3 48 0.322 42 Chile 166.6 54 0.120 43 Saudi Arabia 163.8 61 0.037 44  Australia2 148.0 43 0.586 45 India 148.0 39 1.487 46 Philippines 146.0 63 0.020 47 Vanuatu 142.8 87 0.001 48  Ghana2 139.1 67 0.010 49 Korea 124.2 44 0.302 50 US Virgin Islands 118.2 69 0.004 51 Samoa 117.5 86 0.001 52 Mexico 117.0 45 0.211 53  Norway2 110.6 38 0.731 54 New Zealand 109.3 46 0.129 55 Gibraltar1 109.3 67 0.005 56 Sweden 100.8 36 1.006 57  Aruba2 99.5 68 0.003 58 Italy 98.6 35 1.218 59 Latvia 92.7 45 0.113 60 Belize 92.4 79 0.001 61 South Africa 90.8 42 0.203 62  Botswana2 90.5 71 0.002 63 Anguilla1 89.3 69 0.002 64 St Vincent & the Grenadines1 79.6 78 0.000 65 Antigua & Barbuda1 79.5 81 0.000 66 Spain 77.4 33 1.090 67 Costa Rica 74.9 55 0.010 68 Turks & Caicos Islands1 72.4 71 0.001 69 St Kitts & Nevis1 68.4 78 0.000 70  Curacao2 67.8 68 0.001 71 Iceland 67.1 46 0.035 72 Seychelles 60.8 71 0.000 73 Slovakia 60.1 50 0.011 74 Macedonia 59.5 66 0.001 75 Poland 57.2 36 0.172 76 Monaco 53.6 74 0.000 77 Estonia 52.9 44 0.023 78 Portugal (Madeira)3 52.5 39 0.063 79 St Lucia1 51.6 83 0.000 80 Brunei Darussalam1 47.4 83 0.000 81 Czech Republic 44.2 35 0.105 82 Grenada1 42.1 76 0.000 83 Denmark 38.2 31 0.219 84 Hungary 37.3 36 0.052 85 Greece 37.2 36 0.046 86 San Marino 33.2 70 0.000 87 Andorra 27.3 77 0.000 88 Slovenia 22.4 34 0.019 89 Dominica1 21.3 76 0.000 90 Finland 19.4 31 0.025 91 Cook Islands1 17.8 76 0.000 92 Montserrat1 10.8 67 0.000 NA Nauru7   79 - NA Bolivia7   (72-80) 0.001 NA Dominican Republic7   (65-73) 0.007 NA Gambia7   (73-81) 0.000 NA Maldives7   (76-84) 0.000 NA Montenegro7   (60-68) 0.001 NA Paraguay7   (75-83) 0.001 NA Taiwan7   (67-75) 0.513 NA Tanzania7   (73-81) 0.006 NA Venezuela7   (64-72) 0.230   Footnote 1: The territories marked in Dark Blue are Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) where the Queen is head of state; powers to appoint key government officials rests with the British Crown; laws must be approved in London; and the UK government holds various other powers (see here for more details:www.financialsecrecyindex.com/PDF/UnitedKingdom.pdf). Territories marked in light blue are British Commonwealth territories which are not OTs or CDs but whose final court of appeal is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London (see here for more details:http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/upload/pdf/Privy_Council_and_Secrecy_Scores.pdf). If the Global Scale Weights of just the OTs and CDs were added together (5.70% of global total and 23.10% with the United Kingdom included), and then combined either with their average secrecy score of 65.90 (63.62 with the UK) or their lowest common denominator score of 71.27 (Turks and Caicos Islands), the United Kingdom with its satellite secrecy jurisdictions would be ranked first in the FSI by a large margin with a FSI score of 1580 or 2221, respectively (compared to 1466 for Switzerland). Even a weighted average, which emphasises the relative transparency of the UK over its secrecy network, would put the combined group in 9th place on the FSI. Note that this list excludes many British Commonwealth realms where the Queen remains their head of state. Footnote 2: For these jurisdictions, we provide special narrative reports exploring the history and politics of their offshore sectors. You can read and download these reports by clicking on the country name. Footnote 3: For these jurisdictions, we took the secrecy score for the sub-national jurisdiction alone, but the Global Scale Weight (GSW) for the entire country. This is not ideal: we would prefer to use GSW data for sub-national jurisdictions - but this data is simply not available. As a result, these jurisdictions might be ranked higher in the index than is warranted. Footnote 4: The FSI is calculated by multiplying the cube of the Secrecy Score with the cube root of the Global Scale Weight. The final result is divided through by one hundred for presentational clarity. Footnote 5: The Secrecy Scores are calculated based on 15 indicators. For full explanation of the methodology and data sources, please read our FSI-methodology document, here: FSI-Methodology Footnote 6: The Global Scale Weight represent a jurisdiction's share in global financial services exports. For full explanation of the methodology and data sources, please read our FSI-methodology document, here: FSI-Methodology Footnote 7: Although these nine jurisdictions have been assessed in the FSI 2015, they have not been given a rank. This is because none of their treaties has been reviewed by the Global Forum as of 31 May 2015, and therefore values for KFSIs 1 and 13 cannot be robustly established, and so a comparable secrecy score is not provided.