Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which scores and ranks countries and territories based on perceived public sector corruption. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), derived from assessments by experts and business executives. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Cross-country governance analysis based on CPI scores and rankings.
- Tracking changes in perceived corruption over time for specific countries.
- Correlating corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, allowing for direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset includes a ranking of countries and territories.
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 executive assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:32.030075; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.