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 and leaders
- Government type
- Unitary communist state
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| CCP General Secretary and President of China | Xi Jinping |
| Premier of China | Li Qiang |
Safety and security
- Homicide rate (2020)
- 0.5/100k
- Traffic deaths (2019)
- 17.4/100k
- Military spending (2024)
- 1.7% of GDP
Corruption perceptions index
- CPI score (2026)
- 43 / 100
- Interpretation
- Moderate corruption
Democracy index
- Electoral (2025)
- 0.072
- Liberal
- 0.039
- Participatory
- 0.036
- Deliberative
- 0.064
- Egalitarian
- 0.078
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
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 | - | - | - | - | - |