🇨🇱 Chile Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇱 Chile CL / CHL #37

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 24

Region Union of South American Nations, Pacific Alliance, Latin America, Andean States, Southern Cone, Hispanophone, Patagonia, South America, Americas, South America, Developing Countries

Currency CLP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 63/100

Press Freedom (2025) 62.3/100 #69

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.839

HDI 0.878

Regional Blocs PA, USAN

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Chile	Gabriel Boric
President of the Senate of Chile	Manuel José Ossandón

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 63 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 62.3 / 100

Global Rank #69 / 180

Rank Change -17 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #34 65.0

Economic #88 41.9

Legal #76 64.1

Social #98 57.8

Safety #77 82.4

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) 0.839

Liberal 0.781

Participatory 0.574

Deliberative 0.771

Egalitarian 0.640

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	62.3	69	65.0	41.9	64.1	57.8	82.4
2024	67.3	52	68.8	47.0	68.8	68.5	83.6
2023	60.1	83	70.8	47.5	65.1	65.6	51.5
2022	60.6	82	65.0	42.9	67.6	72.4	55.2
2021	72.1	54	-	-	-	-	69.6
2020	72.7	51	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	74.4	46	-	-	-	-	89.0
2018	77.3	38	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	79.5	33	-	-	-	-	79.2
2016	80.8	31	-	-	-	-	42.8
2015	77.0	43	-	-	-	-	74.4
2014	74.2	58	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.8	60	-	-	-	-	-
2012	29.0	82	-	-	-	-	-
2010	10.5	33	-	-	-	-	-
2009	10.5	39	-	-	-	-	-
2008	11.5	56	-	-	-	-	-
2007	12.1	39	-	-	-	-	-
2006	11.6	49	-	-	-	-	-
2005	11.8	50	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index