Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) dataset contains scores and rankings for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Analyzing global corruption trends based on CPI scores and rankings.
- Comparing perceived public sector corruption levels between countries.
- Investigating correlations between governance indicators and other socioeconomic factors.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0 to 100 scale, allowing for standardized 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 underlying expert assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:10.332954; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.