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 expert and business assessments. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Analyze global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Benchmark national governance performance against peers using the standardized 0-100 index.
- Correlate perceived corruption levels with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Scores are based on a standardized 0-100 scale, allowing for consistent cross-country comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
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 18:56:06.162753; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.