🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan AZ / AZE #112

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 9

Region Caucasus, Silk Road, Caspian Region, Europe, Asia, Western Asia, Developing Countries

Currency AZN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 30/100

Press Freedom (2025) 25.5/100 #167

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.171

HDI 0.789

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev
Vice President of Azerbaijan	Mehriban Aliyeva

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 30 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 25.5 / 100

Global Rank #167 / 180

Rank Change -3 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #164 17.4

Economic #175 16.2

Legal #154 35.0

Social #164 30.2

Safety #160 28.6

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) 0.171

Liberal 0.053

Participatory 0.043

Deliberative 0.034

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	25.5	167	17.4	16.2	35.0	30.2	28.6
2024	28.0	164	17.1	18.0	35.9	37.8	31.3
2023	39.9	151	35.5	25.9	39.0	50.0	49.4
2022	39.4	154	37.7	23.8	48.3	58.9	28.5
2021	41.2	167	-	-	-	-	49.8
2020	41.5	168	-	-	-	-	42.0
2019	40.9	166	-	-	-	-	71.7
2018	40.3	163	-	-	-	-	40.4
2017	43.6	162	-	-	-	-	38.9
2016	42.1	163	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	41.6	162	-	-	-	-	39.5
2014	47.1	160	-	-	-	-	-
2013	52.3	156	-	-	-	-	-
2012	87.3	162	-	-	-	-	-
2010	56.4	152	-	-	-	-	-
2009	53.5	146	-	-	-	-	-
2008	53.6	150	-	-	-	-	-
2007	55.4	139	-	-	-	-	-
2006	47.0	135	-	-	-	-	-
2005	51.0	141	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index