Corruption Perceptions Index scores from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. The index reflects perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national corruption levels based on the published CPI scores.
- Analyzing trends in public sector integrity over time using the index rankings.
- Correlating perceived corruption with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0-100 scale, allowing for standardized comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open sharing and adaptation.
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 18:56:07.091067; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.