🇦🇫 Afghanistan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan AF / AFG #40

Nomad Score 32.0

Cities 4

Region South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Silk Road, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Least Developed Countries

Currency AFN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 16/100

Press Freedom (2025) 17.9/100 #175

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.069

HDI 0.496

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary state

Title	Name
Supreme Leader of Afghanistan	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Prime Minister of Afghanistan	Hasan Akhund

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 16 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 17.9 / 100

Global Rank #175 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #163 17.8

Economic #165 25.1

Legal #178 11.4

Social #175 18.9

Safety #175 16.2

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) 0.069

Liberal 0.018

Participatory 0.051

Deliberative 0.012

Egalitarian 0.016

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	17.9	175	17.8	25.1	11.4	18.9	16.2
2024	19.1	178	20.1	29.1	16.4	16.1	13.9
2023	39.8	152	49.0	44.9	42.8	30.7	31.4
2022	38.3	156	44.7	43.9	42.5	43.3	17.0
2021	59.8	122	-	-	-	-	36.7
2020	62.3	122	-	-	-	-	38.9
2019	63.5	121	-	-	-	-	27.9
2018	62.7	118	-	-	-	-	31.7
2017	60.5	120	-	-	-	-	31.9
2016	62.3	120	-	-	-	-	34.1
2015	62.6	122	-	-	-	-	38.4
2014	62.9	128	-	-	-	-	-
2013	62.6	128	-	-	-	-	-
2012	74.0	150	-	-	-	-	-
2010	51.7	147	-	-	-	-	-
2009	54.3	149	-	-	-	-	-
2008	59.3	156	-	-	-	-	-
2007	56.5	142	-	-	-	-	-
2006	44.3	130	-	-	-	-	-
2005	39.2	125	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index