Corruption Perceptions Index Scores and Rankings for Countries and Territories

Corruption Perceptions Index scores, published by Transparency International, quantify perceived public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The dataset includes country and territory scores and rankings based on assessments by experts and business executives. It 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 corruption over time based on the index's annual publication cycle.
• Correlate corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the platform tags.
• Benchmark a country's governance performance against global peers using the provided rankings.

Strengths

• Scores are defined on a clear 0 to 100 scale, where 0 indicates highly corrupt and 100 indicates very clean.
• 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 for large-scale analysis.
• The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the included scores.

Provenance

Source

Transparency International

Collection Method

Assessments by experts and business executives, aggregated into an index.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:19.677393; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage of countries and territories.