ARMENIA RANKS 125TH OUT OF 180 COUNTRIES BY THE PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.11.2009 16:06 GMT+04:00
Anti-Corruption Center "Transparency International" conducted studies
of corruption perception in 180 countries based on perceptions of
experts and entrepreneurs. Countries were judged through a 10-point
scale, provided that 3 independent organizations in each country made
estimations, Amalia Kostanyan, head of "Transparency International"
office in Armenia told November 17 press conference.
According to her, Armenia ranks 125th among 180 countries, while last
year Armenia ranked 114th.
As executive director of "Transparency International" office in
Armenian Varuzhan Oktanyan said, indicators of Armenia decreased by
0.2 points up 2,7 points in 2009.
The same trend was registered in Azerbaijan and Georgia, but the most
dramatic decrease was registered in Iran. The best indicator – 9.4 was
registered in New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Singapore.
According to Amalia Kostanyan, although in Central Asia in general
rates of perception of corruption have not have grown over the past
few years, Kazakhstan after introducing the Singapore model was able
to pull ahead. He also said, that among Baltic states, Estonia has
the best situation, having 6,6 points.