Published by Transparency International, this dataset contains Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 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 was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Compare perceived corruption levels between countries based on CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time using the index rankings.
- Correlate corruption perceptions 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 metrics.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the included scores.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:20.733257; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories, including China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.