🇨🇿 Czech Republic Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇨🇿 Czech Republic CZ / CZE #115

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 17

Region European Union, Slavic Countries, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Central Europe

Currency CZK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 59/100

Press Freedom (2025) 84.0/100 #10

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.849

HDI 0.915

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of the Czech Republic	Petr Pavel
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic	Andrej Babiš

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 59 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 84.0 / 100

Global Rank #10 / 180

Rank Change +7 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #11 84.6

Economic #22 65.4

Legal #6 88.2

Social #4 87.7

Safety #11 93.9

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) 0.849

Liberal 0.794

Participatory 0.562

Deliberative 0.703

Egalitarian 0.767

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	84.0	10	84.6	65.4	88.2	87.7	93.9
2024	80.1	17	80.2	62.6	80.2	85.2	92.6
2023	83.6	14	82.2	65.5	86.6	91.3	92.3
2022	80.5	20	79.7	61.6	84.2	88.4	88.8
2021	76.6	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	76.4	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	75.1	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	78.1	34	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	83.1	23	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	83.3	21	-	-	-	-	72.9
2015	88.4	13	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	89.9	13	-	-	-	-	-
2013	89.8	16	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-5.0	14	-	-	-	-	-
2010	7.5	24	-	-	-	-	-
2009	5.0	24	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4.0	16	-	-	-	-	-
2007	4.0	14	-	-	-	-	-
2006	0.8	5	-	-	-	-	-
2005	1.0	9	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index