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
- Analyze global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Model relationships between governance indicators and socioeconomic outcomes based on CPI scores.
- Benchmark country performance over time using the published index data.
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0-100 scale, allowing for consistent comparison.
- Published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption metrics.
- Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting open use 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 18:59:18.071342; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.