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
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on the published CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time using 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 defined on a clear 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives, as described.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:57:58.221312; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally, as implied by the CPI.