🇨🇻 Cape Verde Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇻 Cape Verde CV / CPV #165

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 10

Region African Union, Lusophone, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Africa, Africa, Western Africa

Currency CVE

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 62/100

Press Freedom (2025) 75.0/100 #30

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.745

HDI 0.668

Regional Blocs AU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 7.0/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 26.8/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Cape Verde	José Maria Neves
Prime Minister of Cape Verde	Ulisses Correia e Silva

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 62 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 75.0 / 100

Global Rank #30 / 180

Rank Change +11 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #25 72.6

Economic #43 54.3

Legal #36 77.5

Social #39 76.5

Safety #10 94.1

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) 0.745

Liberal 0.631

Participatory 0.458

Deliberative 0.549

Egalitarian 0.557

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	75.0	30	72.6	54.3	77.5	76.5	94.1
2024	72.8	41	69.5	54.3	74.7	73.4	92.0
2023	75.7	33	73.9	60.8	73.8	80.2	90.0
2022	75.4	36	72.6	62.8	78.0	75.4	88.2
2021	79.9	27	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	79.9	25	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	80.2	25	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	79.6	29	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	82.0	27	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	80.2	32	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	79.3	36	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	85.7	24	-	-	-	-	-
2013	85.7	25	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-6.0	9	-	-	-	-	-
2010	8.0	26	-	-	-	-	-
2009	11.0	44	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.0	36	-	-	-	-	-
2007	14.0	45	-	-	-	-	-
2006	11.5	45	-	-	-	-	-
2005	6.0	29	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index