Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and ranks countries and territories based on perceived public sector corruption. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and are derived from assessments by experts and business executives. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Analyzing global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Correlating perceived corruption levels with other socioeconomic indicators.
- Benchmarking country performance in public sector integrity over time.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
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 18:59:27.032062; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.