🇨🇳 China Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇳 China CN / CHN #3

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 33

Region G20, BRICS, Sinosphere, Himalayan Region, Silk Road, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Coworking Hotspots, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia

Currency CNY

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary communist state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 43/100

Press Freedom (2025) 14.8/100 #178

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.072

HDI 0.797

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary communist state

Title	Name
CCP General Secretary and President of China	Xi Jinping
Premier of China	Li Qiang

💰 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) 14.8 / 100

Global Rank #178 / 180

Rank Change -6 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #179 9.8

Economic #171 20.5

Legal #179 11.2

Social #176 15.7

Safety #174 16.7

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) 0.072

Liberal 0.039

Participatory 0.036

Deliberative 0.064

Egalitarian 0.078

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	14.8	178	9.8	20.5	11.2	15.7	16.7
2024	23.4	172	19.1	29.7	22.3	21.8	23.9
2023	23.0	179	26.1	29.5	17.4	17.1	24.9
2022	25.2	175	27.5	26.0	23.3	33.3	15.8
2021	21.3	177	-	-	-	-	18.2
2020	21.5	177	-	-	-	-	19.6
2019	21.1	177	-	-	-	-	63.6
2018	21.7	176	-	-	-	-	18.3
2017	22.3	176	-	-	-	-	10.8
2016	19.0	176	-	-	-	-	68.7
2015	26.5	176	-	-	-	-	10.4
2014	27.1	175	-	-	-	-	-
2013	26.9	173	-	-	-	-	-
2012	136.0	174	-	-	-	-	-
2010	84.7	171	-	-	-	-	-
2009	84.5	168	-	-	-	-	-
2008	85.5	167	-	-	-	-	-
2007	89.0	163	-	-	-	-	-
2006	94.0	163	-	-	-	-	-
2005	83.0	159	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index