🇦🇺 Australia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇺 Australia AU / AUS #6

Nomad Score 60.0

Cities 41

Region G20, Anglosphere, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Australia and New Zealand

Currency AUD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federalism

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 76/100

Press Freedom (2025) 75.2/100 #29

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.844

HDI 0.958

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federalism

Title	Name
Monarchy of Australia	Charles III
Governor-General of Australia	Sam Mostyn

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 76 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 75.2 / 100

Global Rank #29 / 180

Rank Change +10 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #21 78.0

Economic #25 63.3

Legal #59 68.8

Social #47 74.5

Safety #30 91.2

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) 0.844

Liberal 0.793

Participatory 0.648

Deliberative 0.771

Egalitarian 0.726

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	75.2	29	78.0	63.3	68.8	74.5	91.2
2024	73.4	39	74.4	64.6	69.2	70.4	88.4
2023	78.2	27	83.9	68.5	69.4	82.0	87.5
2022	73.8	39	77.2	63.4	64.2	84.2	79.9
2021	80.2	25	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	79.8	26	-	-	-	-	83.9
2019	83.5	21	-	-	-	-	34.5
2018	84.5	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	84.0	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	82.2	25	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	83.0	25	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	83.1	28	-	-	-	-	-
2013	84.8	26	-	-	-	-	-
2012	4.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
2010	5.4	18	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3.1	16	-	-	-	-	-
2008	6.3	28	-	-	-	-	-
2007	8.8	28	-	-	-	-	-
2006	9.0	35	-	-	-	-	-
2005	6.5	31	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index