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), derived from assessments by experts and business executives. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.
Use Cases
- Ranking countries by perceived corruption levels based on CPI scores.
- Analyzing trends in public sector integrity over time based on the index methodology.
- Correlating corruption perceptions with other socio-economic indicators mentioned in the description.
- Benchmarking governance performance across different countries and territories.
Strengths
- Scores are on a standardized 0-100 scale, enabling 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.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is 2026-05-21.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:30.374038
- Geography
- Countries and territories