A press conference was held on Wednesday, January 25, 2016 in Media Center to present the results of Transparency International global anticorruption coalition’s 22nd annual  Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2016. Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Project Director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center (TIAC) presented the findings of TI CPI 2016 during the press conference, addressing the results for Armenia and other countries of the region. Accordingly, Armenia’s 2016 CPI score is 33 and it shares with Bolivia and Vietnam 113th to 115th places among 176 in the CPI 2016 ranking table. In 2015 Armenia’s CPI score was 35 and with this score it was sharing 95th to 98th places among 168 countries.

2016 index ranks 176 countries/territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. The index draws on 13 surveys covering expert assessments and views of businesspeople. The Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption, offering a yearly snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries from all over the globe.

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