Corruption Perceptions Index scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The dataset contains CPI scores and rankings for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. Scores reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments.
Use Cases
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on the published CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption perceptions based on the index methodology.
- Correlate governance indicators with other socio-economic development metrics.
- Benchmark a country's corruption perception against global rankings.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0 to 100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- Data is licensed under 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.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:52.391274; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.