Transparency International publishes Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 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
- Rank countries by perceived corruption levels based on CPI scores
- Analyze trends in public sector corruption perceptions over time
- Correlate corruption perceptions with other socio-economic indicators
- Benchmark national governance performance against global standards
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison
- Data is published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research
- The dataset includes rankings alongside raw scores
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 CPI methodology
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:41.213428
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide