TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL: ARMENIA RANKS 120TH BY CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
ArmInfo
2009-11-17 19:37:00
ArmInfo. Armenia ranks the 120th in the annual Global Corruption
Report 2009 of Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions
Index (CPI). This year Armenia’s index dropped by 0.2 point, making
2.7 points. Georgia ranks the 66th (4.1 points), and Azerbaijan ranks
the 143rd (2.3 points).
The lowest indices testifying the high corruption rate are registered
in Somali, Afghanistan, Myanmar, while the highest index is in New
Zealand, Denmark, Singapore.
In the Report for 2009 published i Berlin on Nov 17, Transparency
International experts assess the level of corruption in 180 countries
on a 10-point scale (0 means total corruptness, 10 means practically
complete lack of corruption).