The following paragraph describes the methodology for calculating the index, which has been used to calculate the index since 2012, when the methodology was modified to allow … 展开

The Index’s methodology was criticized in the past.
According to political scientist Dan Hough, three flaws in the Index include:
• Corruption is too complex a concept to be captured by a single score. For instance, the nature of … 展开

• Democracy indices
• Global Peace Index
• List of freedom indices 展开

CPI and Economic Growth
Research papers published in 2007 and 2008 examined the economic consequences of corruption perception, as defined by the CPI. The … 展开

The advanced economies of Northern and Western Europe, North America, and Asia and the Pacific tend to top the rankings over the long term. This means that these countries are perceived as … 展开

• Official site
• List of Global Development Indexes and Rankings
• A Users' Guide to Measuring Corruption critiques the CPI and similar indices.
• Global Integrity Index 展开