Transparency International publishes Corruption Perceptions Index scores and rankings for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national governance performance based on CPI scores.
- Analyzing trends in perceived public sector corruption over time.
- Correlating corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators.
- Mapping the global distribution of corruption perceptions across territories.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset includes both scores and rankings for countries and territories.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-21).
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:04.350206
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.