The '''CotruptionCorruption PerceptjonsPerceptions Index''' ('''CPI''') is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of [[public sector]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Corruption Perception Index |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi |website=transparency.org |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> [[corruption]], as assessed by experts and business executives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Corruption Perceptions Index: Frequently Asked Questions|url=https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/CPI_2023_Methodology.zip|publisher=[[Transparency International]] |access-date=20 July 2024 |year=2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603033004/https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/CPI_2023_Methodology.zip|archive-date=3 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".<ref name="cpilong" />{{rp|2}} The index is published annually by the non-governmental organisation [[Transparency International]] since 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995 – CPI |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/1995 |access-date=7 July 2022 |website=Transparency.org |language=en}}</ref>
Since 2012, the Corruption Perceptions Index has been ranked on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt). Previously, the index was scored on a scale of 10 to 0; it was originally rounded to two decimal spaces from 1995-1997 and to a single decimal space from 1998.
