🇨🇬 Congo Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇬 Congo CG / COG #63

Nomad Score 35.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Francophone, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa

Currency XAF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 23/100

Press Freedom (2025) 60.6/100 #71

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.243

HDI 0.649

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 47th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 18th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 8th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 9th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 10th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 17th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 29.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of the Republic of the Congo	Denis Sassou Nguesso
Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo	Anatole Collinet Makosso

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 23 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 60.6 / 100

Global Rank #71 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #69 51.7

Economic #95 40.8

Legal #88 62.3

Social #83 62.4

Safety #67 85.7

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) 0.243

Liberal 0.115

Participatory 0.188

Deliberative 0.163

Egalitarian 0.107

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	60.6	71	51.7	40.8	62.3	62.4	85.7
2024	62.6	69	54.3	42.9	63.3	67.1	85.2
2023	60.4	81	57.6	45.7	62.2	58.5	78.2
2022	58.6	93	58.1	48.6	64.2	62.6	59.8
2021	61.2	118	-	-	-	-	76.0
2020	63.4	118	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	64.0	117	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	64.6	114	-	-	-	-	68.6
2017	63.3	115	-	-	-	-	71.1
2016	64.2	115	-	-	-	-	52.6
2015	67.0	107	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	70.6	82	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.8	76	-	-	-	-	-
2012	30.4	90	-	-	-	-	-
2010	33.6	114	-	-	-	-	-
2009	34.3	116	-	-	-	-	-
2008	20.8	92	-	-	-	-	-
2007	24.5	80	-	-	-	-	-
2006	17.0	73	-	-	-	-	-
2005	17.0	71	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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