🇨🇫 Central African Republic Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇨🇫 Central African Republic CF / CAF #44

Nomad Score 28.0

Cities 6

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

Currency XAF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 24/100

Press Freedom (2025) 60.2/100 #72

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.293

HDI 0.414

Regional Blocs AU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2016) 20.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 37.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential system

Title	Name
President of the Central African Republic	Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic	Félix Moloua

💰 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) 60.2 / 100

Global Rank #72 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #72 50.7

Economic #94 40.8

Legal #73 65.2

Social #61 67.3

Safety #93 76.8

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) 0.293

Liberal 0.102

Participatory 0.130

Deliberative 0.131

Egalitarian 0.114

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	60.2	72	50.7	40.8	65.2	67.3	76.8
2024	60.1	76	48.6	45.0	64.4	62.9	79.8
2023	57.6	98	53.4	49.0	63.9	66.6	55.0
2022	57.0	101	51.2	41.1	62.1	68.3	62.2
2021	58.1	126	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	57.1	132	-	-	-	-	89.0
2019	52.7	145	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	64.8	112	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	63.9	113	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	66.4	110	-	-	-	-	74.4
2015	66.2	110	-	-	-	-	47.1
2014	66.9	109	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.4	65	-	-	-	-	-
2012	20.0	62	-	-	-	-	-
2010	18.5	69	-	-	-	-	-
2009	17.8	80	-	-	-	-	-
2008	18.5	85	-	-	-	-	-
2007	22.5	71	-	-	-	-	-
2006	14.5	65	-	-	-	-	-
2005	19.8	82	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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