Transparency International publishes annual Corruption Perceptions Index scores for countries and territories. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. 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 for specific countries.
- Correlate governance indicators with other socio-economic development metrics.
- Benchmark a country's performance against regional or global averages.
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a leading authority on corruption research.
- The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:58:50.782647
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide