Corruption Perceptions Index: Global Scores and Rankings

Corruption Perceptions Index scores and rankings for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking national governance performance based on CPI scores
• Analyzing global corruption trends over time
• Correlating perceived corruption levels with other socioeconomic indicators
• Mapping the geographic distribution of public sector transparency

Strengths

• Scores are standardized on a 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison
• Published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research
• 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

Provenance

Source

Transparency International

Collection Method

Assessments by experts and business executives

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 18:56:03.416668

Geography

Global (countries and territories)