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GCSE Geography · key term
An index ranking countries and territories by perceived public-sector corruption, scored from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
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Specification 5.1 · Paper 2
Revise: Measuring Development and Comparing RankingsTransparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures perceived public-sector corruption. Its scale runs from 0, highly corrupt, to 100, very clean. The 2024 index covered 180 countries and territories.
Paper 1
An index of perceived public-sector corruption, scored from 0 to 100; higher scores indicate less perceived corruption.
Revise: Definitions and Indicators of DevelopmentTransparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) assesses perceived public-sector corruption. Its scale runs from 0 to 100: a higher score indicates less perceived corruption.
Check the direction of each scale: higher HDI indicates greater human development, higher Gini indicates greater inequality, and higher CPI indicates less perceived public-sector corruption.
Check the direction of each scale: higher HDI means higher human development; higher Gini means greater inequality; higher CPI means less perceived corruption.
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