Gallup: In World Corruption Rating Armenia occupies 69th placeDecember 6, 2006 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Gallup service has published world corruption rating. Residents of 101 countries were asked to answer two simple questions, "Is corruption widely spread in the government of your country" and "Is corruption widely spread in business structures acting in your country". Gallup's rating is based on 100-point scale, where 0 is the minimal possible level of corruption and 100 is the maximal possible level. The "purest" countries occupying the first 10 places are Finland (12 points), Denmark and New Zealand (21 points), Singapore (22 points), Saudi Arabia (25 points), Great Britain, Norway and Switzerland (36 points), Australia (37 points) and Sweden (39 points). The United States occurred in the 19th place (59). Post-soviet countries are placed in the following way: Uzbekistan (18th place, 54 points), Belarus (26th place, 63 points), Georgia (31st place, 68 points), Estonia (37 place, 71 points), Armenia (69 place, 82 points), Kyrgyzstan (78 place, 84 points), Moldova and Latvia (share the 88th place with 89 points), Russia and Ukraine (93rd place, 90 points), Lithuania (the last, 101 position, 94 points). For further comparison, France (26th place, 63 points), Iran (29 place, 65 points), Japan (30th place 66 points), Afghanistan (34 place, 69 points), Germany (48th place, 75 points), Israel (84 place, 87 points). Simultaneously people were asked to estimate the level of his/her confidence towards the government (where corruption is low, the confidence is high) and assurance, that tenacious efforts can provide personal prosperity (where higher corruption, less people believe in that). Alongside, in the countries with less corruption people estimate the level of individual liberty higher, the Washington ProFile reports. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |