🇨🇮 Ivory Coast Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast CI / CIV #68

Nomad Score 46.0

Cities 11

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 43/100

Press Freedom (2025) 63.7/100 #64

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.394

HDI 0.582

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Ivory Coast	Alassane Ouattara
Vice President of Ivory Coast	Tiémoko Meyliet Koné
Prime Minister	Robert Beugrué Mambé

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 43 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 63.7 / 100

Global Rank #64 / 180

Rank Change -11 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #52 57.5

Economic #57 50.0

Legal #51 70.7

Social #57 70.3

Safety #103 70.0

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) 0.394

Liberal 0.228

Participatory 0.262

Deliberative 0.241

Egalitarian 0.237

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	63.7	64	57.5	50.0	70.7	70.3	70.0
2024	66.9	53	61.4	55.1	74.6	73.1	70.3
2023	68.8	54	67.0	58.0	71.1	76.3	71.8
2022	74.5	37	74.9	58.5	75.9	81.4	81.6
2021	71.1	66	-	-	-	-	82.1
2020	71.1	68	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	70.5	71	-	-	-	-	67.0
2018	69.9	82	-	-	-	-	79.2
2017	69.6	81	-	-	-	-	78.0
2016	69.8	86	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	69.6	86	-	-	-	-	76.0
2014	68.4	101	-	-	-	-	-
2013	70.2	96	-	-	-	-	-
2012	83.5	159	-	-	-	-	-
2010	36.0	118	-	-	-	-	-
2009	29.0	103	-	-	-	-	-
2008	26.5	109	-	-	-	-	-
2007	27.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2006	25.0	99	-	-	-	-	-
2005	52.3	144	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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