Papua New Guinea is included in this dataset of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and rankings for countries and territories. The data is published by Transparency International, with scores ranging from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). These scores reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on assessments by experts and business executives.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking national governance performance based on CPI scores.
- Analyzing trends in public sector corruption perceptions over time.
- Correlating corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic indicators mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0-100 scale, allowing for standardized comparison.
- Data is sourced from Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
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 18:58:44.816806; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories, including Papua New Guinea.