Transparency International publishes Corruption Perceptions Index scores and rankings for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. The dataset is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Compare corruption perceptions across countries based on CPI scores
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time based on index rankings
- Correlate governance indicators with socio-economic development metrics
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0 to 100 scale, providing a clear metric for comparison
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research
- Available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating open use and redistribution
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 expert assessments
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:06.101514
- Geography
- Countries and territories