Corruption Perceptions Index Scores and Rankings for Countries and Territories

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and rankings for countries and territories, last updated on 2026-05-21. 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 is published by Transparency International and is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Ranking countries by perceived public sector corruption based on CPI scores.
• Analyzing trends in corruption perceptions over time for specific countries.
• Correlating corruption scores with other socioeconomic or governance indicators.
• Visualizing the global distribution of corruption perceptions across territories.

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, suggesting recent data.

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 18:57:02.804890

Geography

Countries and territories globally