🇧🇹 Bhutan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇹 Bhutan BT / BTN #133

Nomad Score 51.0

Cities 6

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

Currency BTN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 71/100

Press Freedom (2025) 32.6/100 #152

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.566

HDI 0.698

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 83th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 73th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 91th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 69th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 37th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 55th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 2.5/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 16.2/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
King of Bhutan	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Prime Minister of Bhutan	Tshering Tobgay

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 71 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 32.6 / 100

Global Rank #152 / 180

Rank Change -5 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #161 20.6

Economic #170 22.3

Legal #169 21.0

Social #174 19.2

Safety #83 80.0

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) 0.566

Liberal 0.457

Participatory 0.349

Deliberative 0.503

Egalitarian 0.463

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	32.6	152	20.6	22.3	21.0	19.2	80.0
2024	37.3	147	25.8	31.0	29.6	28.6	71.4
2023	59.3	90	62.1	50.5	46.5	49.5	87.6
2022	76.5	33	78.8	62.2	70.4	77.0	93.9
2021	71.1	65	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	71.1	67	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.2	80	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	69.3	94	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.3	84	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	69.3	94	-	-	-	-	67.8
2015	67.4	104	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	69.3	92	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.6	82	-	-	-	-	-
2012	24.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
2010	17.8	64	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.8	70	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.5	74	-	-	-	-	-
2007	37.2	116	-	-	-	-	-
2006	25.0	98	-	-	-	-	-
2005	51.5	142	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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