Corruption Perceptions Index scores from Transparency International quantify perceived public sector corruption on a 0 to 100 scale. The dataset includes country and territory 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 integrity over time based on the index's scoring methodology.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the platform tags.
- Benchmark national governance performance against global standards using the provided rankings.
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.
- License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open use and redistribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the included data.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives, as described.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:58:38.631535; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide.