Corruption Perceptions Index scores and rankings published by Transparency International. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Compare perceived corruption levels between countries based on CPI scores.
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption over time using the index rankings.
- Benchmark national governance performance against global standards using the 0-100 scoring system.
- Inform policy and advocacy work with standardized, cross-national corruption metrics.
Strengths
- Scores are based on a standardized 0-100 scale, allowing for direct comparison.
- Data is produced 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 18:59:16.850388
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide