Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 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
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on the published CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector integrity over time based on the index's scoring methodology.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
- Benchmark national governance performance against global standards using the provided rankings.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0-100 scale, providing a consistent metric for comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for 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.
- 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, aggregated into an index.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:09.248382; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Global (countries and territories)