Corruption Perceptions Index Scores and Rankings by Transparency International

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) dataset contains scores and rankings 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

• Cross-country comparative analysis of perceived corruption based on CPI scores.
• Tracking changes in corruption perceptions over time for specific countries or territories.
• Correlating corruption perceptions with other socioeconomic or governance indicators.
• Visualizing global or regional corruption trends using country-level rankings.

Strengths

• Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
• Data is published by Transparency International, a leading authority on corruption research.
• The dataset includes a global ranking of 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-05-21).

Provenance

Source

Transparency International

Collection Method

Assessments by experts and business executives.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:28.972658

Geography

Global coverage of countries and territories.