Armenia has placed 95 among 168 countries by Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015, falling by one position over its standing in 2014, Varuzhan Hoktanyan, the Executive Director of the Transparency International Anticorruption Center, said on Wednesday.
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But, the jump in rankings should not be construed as an improvement, as the country’s score on the index has stayed at 38 in both years.
Denmark took top spot for the second consecutive year while North Korea and Somalia are the worst performers with only 8 points each.
“Although Ireland is considered to be one of those countries least affected by systemic public-sector corruption, it is perceived to be far less clean than numerous world’s advanced democracies”, Transparency International said.
More than six billion people live in countries with serious corruption problems, with no state being free of corruption.
This morning saw the publication of the Corruptions Perception Index 2015 by Transparency International, the leading civil society organisation aiming to tackle worldwide corruption.
However, these traits are rare in the majority of countries and even more so in North Korea (lagging on eight points) and in Somalia (also on eight points), which have bombed in sharing last place.
“The 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index clearly shows that corruption remains a blight around the world”, said Mr José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International. Afghanistan was ranked the third most corrupt with 11 points. Countries including Greece, Senegal, and the United Kingdom have improved since 2012.
Other decliners previous year included Libya, Australia, Spain and Turkey. Britain rose three spots to tenth, tying with Germany and Luxembourg.
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The CPI is decided based on the data provided by 12 sources, which include The Global Insight Country Risk Ratings, World Bank – Country Policy and Institutional Assessment 2014, World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) 2015.
