Transparency International publishes the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) dataset. It contains scores from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and rankings for countries and territories. The data reflects perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments.
Use Cases
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on the CPI score.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time based on the index scores.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
- Benchmark governance performance across different countries and territories.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0 to 100 scale, allowing for standardized comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset includes both scores and rankings for countries and territories.
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 18:57:37.838917; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.