Wednesday, January 27 2016 08:54

 Armenia is ranked the 95th out of 168 countries included in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2015 published on January 27. 

According to Transparency International, a country or territory's score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).  Armenia's score is 35 this year.   Meantime, Armenia's neighbor Georgia was ranked the 48th with a score 52. Azerbaijan is the 119th on the same line with Russia, Guyana and Sierra Leone. Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean).
The least corrupt countries, according to Transparency International, are Denmark, Finland, Sweden, New Zealand and the Netherlands.  The most corrupt states are Southern

Sudan, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Somalia. 
According to Transparency Internation, 2015  showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index than declined.

The Corruption Perceptions Index is based on expert opinions of public sector corruption. Countries' scores can be helped by open government where the public can hold leaders to account, while a poor score is a sign of prevalent bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don't respond to citizens' needs.  Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.