Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and rankings for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on assessments by experts and business executives. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time using the index scores.
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socio-economic development indicators.
- Benchmark governance performance across different countries and territories.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset includes both scores and rankings for countries and territories.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or source bias inherent to the expert and business executive assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:58:57.190215; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories