The United States Department of State released Monday the 2020 Fiscal Transparency Report. 

The Department concluded that, of the 141 governments evaluated, 76 governments - including Armenian - met minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.

As the report noted, Armenian neighbors Georgia and Turkey also met the minimum requirements, despite Azerbaijan.

"Two governments, Samoa and Togo, met minimum requirements in 2020 after not meeting minimum requirements in 2019. Sixty-five governments did not meet the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.  Of these 65, however, 14 governments made significant progress toward meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency," the report said.

"The Department assessed the following governments as meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency for 2020: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia , Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, and Uruguay."