ACCORDING TO TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL WORLD ANTI-CORRUPTION COALITION 2008 INDEX OF CORRUPTION PERCEPTION, ARMENIA TAKES 109th PLACE AMONG 180 COUNTRIES

Noyan Tapan

Se p 23, 2008

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the data of
2008 Index of Corruption Perception published by the Transparency
International World Anti-corruption Coalition on September 23, Armenia
takes the 109th place among 180 countries with the index of 2.9
(3.0 in 2007). According to Amalia Kostanian, the Chairwoman of the
Transparency International – Armenia NGO, 2008 Index of Corruption
Perception is a composite index based on various surveys conducted
among businessmen and experts. According to her, it evaluates the
countries by the scale from 0 to 10, where 0 shows the highest degree
of corruption perception and 10 the lowest one. According to the 2008
Index of Corruption Perception, the most corrupted countries are Iraq,
Myanmar, and Somali with the indices of 1.3, 1.3 and 1.0, respectively.

Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand are absolutely "pure" countries in
that respect with the indices of 9.3.

A. Kostanian also said that among Armenia’s neighbor countries the
situation is comparatively normal in Turkey and Georgia, which,
according to the 2008 Index of Corruption Perception, take the 58th
and 67th places, respectively, with indices of 4.6 and 3.9. Azerbaijan
takes the 158th place with the index of 1.9. Turkey, Croatia, and
Georgia take the first three places, respectively, among 20 countries
of South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia.