Armenia’s progress in CPI stalls at the level of 2020
YEREVAN, January 25. /ARKA/. Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Project Director at the Transparency International Anticorruption Center in Yerevan, told a news conference today that according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by the Transparency International, Armenia’s CPI did not change remaining at standstill with 49 points (the higher the score, the lower the perception of corruption).
"The progress recorded in 2018 and 2019 has stalled," he said, noting that Armenia ranks 58th-60th out of 179 countries in the latest CPI report sharing a line with Greece, Jordan and Namibia.
Armenia is second to Georgia (55 points), but ahead of Turkey (38 points), Azerbaijan (30 points), Russia (29 points) and Iran (25 points).
Denmark, New Zealand, and Finland once again took the top spots as the countries perceived as the least corrupt, each with a score of 88. They are followed by Norway, Singapore and Sweden with 85 points. Switzerland scored 84, the Netherlands 82, Luxembourg 81 and Germany 80. Syria, Sudan, and Somalia are at the bottom of the list, as the countries are perceived as the most corrupt.
Since its inception in 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index has become the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. The Index scores 180 countries and territories around the world based on perceptions of public sector corruption, using data from 13 external sources, including the World Bank, World Economic Forum, private risk and consulting companies, think tanks and others.
The scores reflect the views of experts and business people. The countries and territories are ranked by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The 2021 CPI global average remains unchanged at 43 for the tenth year in a row, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. -0-
