Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The dataset reflects perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. Last updated metadata indicates a timestamp of 2026-05-21 18:56:04.360922.
Use Cases
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on the published CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector integrity over time based on the index's scoring methodology.
- Compare governance indicators across different regions using the country and territory rankings.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socio-economic development metrics.
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0 to 100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, allowing for reuse.
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 updated timestamp is in the future (2026).
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Based on assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:04.360922; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.