Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) provides scores and rankings for countries and territories based on perceived public sector corruption. CPI 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
- Analyzing global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Comparing perceived corruption levels across different regions.
- Modeling relationships between corruption perceptions and other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0 to 100 scale, enabling consistent cross-country comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
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 18:57:04.917259; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.