Transparency International publishes Corruption Perceptions Index scores and rankings for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business assessments. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Analyze global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Compare perceived public sector integrity between different countries or regions.
- Model correlations between corruption perceptions and other socioeconomic indicators.
- Track changes in a country's corruption perception score over time.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset includes both scores and country rankings.
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 CPI methodology.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:28.464456
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.