Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 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
- Benchmarking national governance performance based on corruption perception scores
- Analyzing trends in public sector integrity across countries based on annual index data
- Correlating perceived corruption levels with other socio-economic indicators mentioned in the description
Strengths
- Scores are on a defined 0-100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Data is produced by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- The dataset uses a standard index methodology described in the source documentation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the included data.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from expert and business executive assessments.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:31.199082
- Geography
- Countries and territories worldwide