🇧🇩 Bangladesh Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh BD / BGD #92

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 12

Region South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Next Eleven, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency BDT

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 24/100

Press Freedom (2025) 33.7/100 #149

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.195

HDI 0.685

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 16th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 33th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 15th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 27th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 19th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 27th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2018) 2.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 15.3/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.9% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Bangladesh	Mohammed Shahabuddin
Prime Minister of Bangladesh	Tarique Rahman

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 24 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 33.7 / 100

Global Rank #149 / 180

Rank Change +16 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #145 29.0

Economic #134 33.8

Legal #150 36.7

Social #144 39.9

Safety #159 29.2

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) 0.195

Liberal 0.116

Participatory 0.099

Deliberative 0.159

Egalitarian 0.115

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	33.7	149	29.0	33.8	36.7	39.9	29.2
2024	27.6	165	19.4	27.8	31.3	32.7	27.0
2023	35.3	163	39.1	36.1	35.2	36.6	29.6
2022	36.6	162	42.1	32.5	44.2	48.5	15.9
2021	50.3	152	-	-	-	-	48.9
2020	50.6	151	-	-	-	-	69.1
2019	49.3	150	-	-	-	-	44.5
2018	51.4	146	-	-	-	-	45.7
2017	51.6	146	-	-	-	-	47.0
2016	54.1	144	-	-	-	-	76.0
2015	57.1	146	-	-	-	-	47.4
2014	57.4	146	-	-	-	-	-
2013	58.0	144	-	-	-	-	-
2012	57.0	129	-	-	-	-	-
2010	42.5	126	-	-	-	-	-
2009	37.3	121	-	-	-	-	-
2008	42.7	136	-	-	-	-	-
2007	53.2	134	-	-	-	-	-
2006	48.0	137	-	-	-	-	-
2005	61.3	151	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index