🇧🇾 Belarus Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇾 Belarus BY / BLR #84

Nomad Score 54.0

Cities 8

Region Slavic Countries, Europe, Europe, Eastern Europe, Eurasian Economic Union

Currency BYN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 31/100

Press Freedom (2025) 25.7/100 #166

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.163

HDI 0.824

Regional Blocs EEU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian dictatorship

Title	Name
President of Belarus	Alexander Lukashenko
Prime Minister of Belarus	Alexander Turchin

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 31 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 25.7 / 100

Global Rank #166 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #174 13.3

Economic #117 36.1

Legal #172 19.0

Social #149 36.7

Safety #171 23.5

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) 0.163

Liberal 0.038

Participatory 0.054

Deliberative 0.032

Egalitarian 0.228

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	25.7	166	13.3	36.1	19.0	36.7	23.5
2024	26.8	167	15.9	36.3	18.8	38.7	24.2
2023	37.2	157	32.3	47.7	28.1	48.3	29.5
2022	39.6	153	32.9	48.8	37.2	60.3	18.9
2021	49.2	158	-	-	-	-	38.3
2020	50.3	153	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	48.3	153	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	47.4	155	-	-	-	-	49.8
2017	47.6	153	-	-	-	-	62.2
2016	45.7	157	-	-	-	-	35.7
2015	52.0	157	-	-	-	-	55.3
2014	52.2	157	-	-	-	-	-
2013	51.7	157	-	-	-	-	-
2012	99.0	168	-	-	-	-	-
2010	57.0	154	-	-	-	-	-
2009	59.5	151	-	-	-	-	-
2008	58.3	154	-	-	-	-	-
2007	63.6	151	-	-	-	-	-
2006	57.0	151	-	-	-	-	-
2005	61.3	152	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index