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.
