🇨🇾 Cyprus Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇾 Cyprus CY / CYP #162

Nomad Score 65.0

Cities 8

Region European Union, Mediterranean, Levant, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Europe, Europe, Southern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 55/100

Press Freedom (2025) 59.0/100 #77

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.773

HDI 0.913

Regional Blocs EU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 5.8/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Cyprus	Nikos Christodoulides
Vice President of Cyprus	Vacant

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 55 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 59.0 / 100

Global Rank #77 / 180

Rank Change -12 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #65 52.0

Economic #90 41.8

Legal #75 64.5

Social #126 48.7

Safety #50 88.3

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) 0.773

Liberal 0.664

Participatory 0.490

Deliberative 0.613

Egalitarian 0.684

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	59.0	77	52.0	41.8	64.5	48.7	88.3
2024	63.1	65	55.8	47.4	67.9	55.4	89.2
2023	68.6	55	64.7	53.1	71.9	65.0	88.4
2022	66.0	65	61.2	42.1	74.6	65.8	86.3
2021	80.2	26	-	-	-	-	83.9
2020	79.6	27	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	78.3	28	-	-	-	-	48.1
2018	80.2	25	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	80.2	30	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	81.7	27	-	-	-	-	86.1
2015	83.5	24	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	85.6	25	-	-	-	-	-
2013	86.2	24	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-3.0	16	-	-	-	-	-
2010	13.4	45	-	-	-	-	-
2009	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-
2008	7.5	31	-	-	-	-	-
2007	14.0	45	-	-	-	-	-
2006	7.5	30	-	-	-	-	-
2005	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index