Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) provides scores and rankings for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Compare perceived corruption levels between countries based on CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time using the index rankings.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other governance or development indicators.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, allowing for direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad use 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 underlying expert assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Based on assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:31.430087; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.