Thursday, February 22 2018 12:49

ArmInfo. Armenia ranked 107th in the "Corruption Perceptions Index -2017" rating published on February 21 by the international non-governmental organization  Transparency International.  Armenia scored 35 points out of 100 possible, which is two positions higher than in 2016. Then Armenia occupied 113 line with 33 points.

Meanwhile, the executive director of the Anti-Corruption Center  "Transparency International" Varuzhan Oktanyan is convinced that the  opinions that Armenia has improved its positions in the ranking of  the CPI are erroneous. "The difference that we see in the data of  2016 and 2017 is within the statistical error: in fact, there is no  progress in fighting corruption as such, the process of bogging  continues," Ogtanyan said at a press conference in Yerevan on  February 22. At the same time, he added that a number of  anti-corruption laws have been adopted in Armenia in the last period,  but there are problems in the direction of their implementation. "The  existence of political will plus the relevant structures is the key  to a successful fight against corruption," said Oktanian.

He also informed that this year, as in the previous year, the CPI was  compiled on the basis of data from 6 accredited international rating  agencies and polls conducted among experts and business circles.

Transparency International is conducting a study of the level of  corruption around the world, and this year the number of countries  evaluated has risen to 180. The published report notes that no  country has been able to score more than 90 points in the corruption  perception index for 2017, indicating that corruption is inherent in  all countries of the world. Moreover, most countries have made little  progress in eliminating corruption. According to the study, more than  two-thirds of the countries scored less than 50 points in the CPI  ranking, the average score was 43.

The best indicators were recorded in New Zealand and Denmark. They  took first place in the ranking with scores of 89 and 88 points  respectively. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia took the worst  indicators - 14, 12 and 9 respectively. The most successful region is  Western Europe with an average score of 66. The most productive  regions are sub-Saharan Africa (average score 32) and Eastern Europe  and Central Asia (average score 34).

Neighboring Georgia took 46th place with a score of 56 points, Turkey  81 line with 40 points, Azerbaijan 122 position and 31 points.  Armenia's partners in the Eurasian Economic Union received the  following results: Russia - took 135 lines, gaining 29 points,  Belarus 68 line with a result of 44, Kazakhstan 122 line with 31  points.