🇨🇲 Cameroon Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇲 Cameroon CM / CMR #53

Nomad Score 45.0

Cities 14

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Developing Countries

Currency XAF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 26/100

Press Freedom (2025) 42.8/100 #131

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.260

HDI 0.588

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 11th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 17th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 13th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 17th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 19th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 20th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 6.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 30.2/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic under a dictatorship

Title	Name
President of Cameroon	Paul Biya
Prime Minister of Cameroon	Joseph Ngute

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 26 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 42.8 / 100

Global Rank #131 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #107 41.1

Economic #141 32.8

Legal #121 49.4

Social #99 57.4

Safety #153 33.0

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) 0.260

Liberal 0.114

Participatory 0.093

Deliberative 0.097

Egalitarian 0.178

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	42.8	131	41.1	32.8	49.4	57.4	33.0
2024	45.0	130	43.7	34.1	52.7	59.3	35.0
2023	45.6	138	42.5	36.0	44.1	58.8	46.6
2022	49.1	118	48.1	35.7	56.9	67.6	37.3
2021	56.2	135	-	-	-	-	56.4
2020	56.7	134	-	-	-	-	63.4
2019	56.7	131	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	59.1	129	-	-	-	-	65.3
2017	58.4	130	-	-	-	-	69.1
2016	59.5	126	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	60.4	133	-	-	-	-	72.9
2014	61.9	131	-	-	-	-	-
2013	65.2	120	-	-	-	-	-
2012	35.0	97	-	-	-	-	-
2010	44.3	129	-	-	-	-	-
2009	30.5	109	-	-	-	-	-
2008	36.9	129	-	-	-	-	-
2007	36.0	111	-	-	-	-	-
2006	28.3	112	-	-	-	-	-
2005	20.5	83	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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