Corruption Perceptions Index 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 assessments by experts and business executives.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national governance based on CPI scores
- Analyzing trends in perceived public sector corruption over time
- Correlating corruption perceptions with other socio-economic indicators
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:03.535554
- Geography
- Countries and territories