Ukraine has scored 27 out of 100 possible points in the world Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2015, which is one point higher than it was in 2014, and ranked 130 out of 168 positions, versus 142 out of 175 in the previous year.

"Such result was achieved due to public judgment of corrupt officials, establishment of anti-corruption bodies and emergence of the whistleblowers' movement. And the delay with real punishment of bribe takers, and establishing corrupt relations between business and the Government do not allow Ukraine to take a decisive step forward according to the CPI," the Transparency International Ukraine reported on its website.

According to the report, Ukraine has scored "-3" points according to the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey. At the same time slight improvement as to rendering judgments in favor of entrepreneurs and public officials' ethics when interacting with businessmen has happened. But the positive side of these issues has not turned the scale of negative in interrelations between utility providers and taxmen.

Ukraine's place in the anti-corruption ranking is close to that of Iran, Cameroon, Nepal, Nicaragua and Paraguay, which also scored 27 points each.

Neighboring Russia received 29 points compared to 27 the year before and ranked 119th compared to 136th in 2014, while Belarus is 107th. Romania was 58th, Poland 30th.

Denmark, Finland and Swiss lead the CPI ranking 2015 scoring 91, 90 and 89 points correspondingly.