Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index scores countries from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The dataset contains CPI scores and rankings, reflecting perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business assessments. It was last updated on 2026-05-21 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze global corruption trends based on country scores and rankings.
- Compare perceived public sector corruption levels between different countries or regions.
- Model the relationship between corruption perceptions and other socio-economic indicators.
- Track changes in a country's corruption score over time, if historical data is included.
Strengths
- Scores are based on a defined 0-100 scale, providing a standardized metric.
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption.
- License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, allowing for reuse with attribution.
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 assessments.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:39.845385; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.