2026-05-21 is the last update date. The dataset contains Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and rankings for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business assessments.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national governance based on corruption perception scores.
- Analyzing trends in public sector integrity across countries.
- Correlating perceived corruption levels with other socio-economic indicators.
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0 to 100 scale, allowing for direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- Last updated on 2026-05-21 18:56:02.851812.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the expert and business assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:02.851812.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.