Armenia shares 94-99 places with a score of 37 in the Corruption Perceptions Index issued by Transparency International.

Armenia shares the same spot with Columbia, Egypt, Gabon, Liberia and Panama – the countries having 37 points.

Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide, and it paints an alarming picture. Not one single country gets a perfect score and more than two-thirds score below 50, on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). This year's index includes 175 countries and territories.

Russia fell to 134th spot in the ranking, while Ukraine is 142nd. Neighboring Azerbaijan is 126th, Turkey is 64th, unlike Georgia that is in the 50th spot.