🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo CD / COD #11

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency CDF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 20/100

Press Freedom (2025) 42.3/100 #133

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.306

HDI 0.522

Regional Blocs AU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 34.9/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Félix Tshisekedi
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Judith Suminwa

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 20 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 42.3 / 100

Global Rank #133 / 180

Rank Change -10 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #110 40.5

Economic #130 34.8

Legal #124 48.1

Social #104 56.3

Safety #154 31.9

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) 0.306

Liberal 0.115

Participatory 0.200

Deliberative 0.214

Egalitarian 0.157

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	42.3	133	40.5	34.8	48.1	56.3	31.9
2024	48.9	123	46.5	42.3	51.5	65.8	38.3
2023	48.6	124	51.0	44.4	52.0	59.9	35.4
2022	47.7	125	51.3	41.4	60.9	60.3	24.3
2021	51.4	149	-	-	-	-	56.2
2020	50.9	150	-	-	-	-	52.8
2019	48.3	154	-	-	-	-	82.1
2018	48.4	154	-	-	-	-	55.3
2017	47.3	154	-	-	-	-	49.1
2016	49.0	152	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	55.7	150	-	-	-	-	47.5
2014	55.4	151	-	-	-	-	-
2013	58.3	142	-	-	-	-	-
2012	67.7	145	-	-	-	-	-
2010	51.8	148	-	-	-	-	-
2009	53.5	146	-	-	-	-	-
2008	51.3	148	-	-	-	-	-
2007	50.5	133	-	-	-	-	-
2006	51.0	143	-	-	-	-	-
2005	57.3	146	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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