🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates AE / ARE #114

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 11

Region Arab League, BRICS, Middle East, Arab World, OPEC, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Asia, Asia, Western Asia, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency AED

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal semi-presidential elective semi-constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 69/100

Press Freedom (2025) 26.9/100 #164

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.104

HDI 0.940

Regional Blocs AL

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 0.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 8.9/100k

Military Spending (2014) 5.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal semi-presidential elective semi-constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
President of the United Arab Emirates	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates	Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 69 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 26.9 / 100

Global Rank #164 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #166 17.2

Economic #126 35.1

Legal #168 21.2

Social #171 21.8

Safety #144 39.3

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.104

Liberal 0.077

Participatory 0.031

Deliberative 0.082

Egalitarian 0.124

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	26.9	164	17.2	35.1	21.2	21.8	39.3
2024	30.6	160	21.2	42.5	26.5	29.5	33.4
2023	43.0	145	45.6	45.1	36.8	30.7	56.8
2022	44.5	138	45.5	36.7	32.0	50.5	57.6
2021	56.9	131	-	-	-	-	64.5
2020	57.3	131	-	-	-	-	51.0
2019	56.4	133	-	-	-	-	69.6
2018	59.1	128	-	-	-	-	59.2
2017	60.6	119	-	-	-	-	52.6
2016	63.3	119	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	63.3	120	-	-	-	-	65.7
2014	64.0	118	-	-	-	-	-
2013	66.5	114	-	-	-	-	-
2012	45.0	112	-	-	-	-	-
2010	23.8	87	-	-	-	-	-
2009	21.5	86	-	-	-	-	-
2008	14.5	69	-	-	-	-	-
2007	20.3	65	-	-	-	-	-
2006	17.5	77	-	-	-	-	-
2005	25.8	100	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

🧭 CONTINUE EXPLORING UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Feedback

Thank you!