Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) scores and rankings for countries and territories, published by Transparency International. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) and reflect perceived levels of public sector corruption based on expert and business executive assessments. 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 corruption over time based on the index.
- Correlating governance indicators with other socio-economic development metrics.
- Benchmarking national anti-corruption efforts against global perceptions.
Strengths
- Scores are standardized on a 0 to 100 scale, enabling direct comparison.
- Published by Transparency International, a recognized authority on corruption research.
- Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for flexible reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data reflects perceptions from experts and business executives, which may not capture objective reality.
Provenance
- Source
- Transparency International
- Collection Method
- Assessments by experts and business executives.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 18:59:51.965225; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Countries and territories globally.