🇩🇪 Germany Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇩🇪 Germany DE / DEU #62

Nomad Score 65.0

Cities 42

Region European Union, G7, G20, Danube Region, Alpine Countries, Digital Nomad Hubs, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Western Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 77/100

Press Freedom (2025) 83.9/100 #11

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.828

HDI 0.959

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Germany	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor of Germany	Friedrich Merz

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 77 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 83.9 / 100

Global Rank #11 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #10 84.9

Economic #8 77.9

Legal #11 84.7

Social #23 80.9

Safety #35 90.8

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) 0.828

Liberal 0.782

Participatory 0.593

Deliberative 0.790

Egalitarian 0.766

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	83.9	11	84.9	77.9	84.7	80.9	90.8
2024	83.8	10	85.2	77.6	84.7	82.4	89.3
2023	81.9	21	87.3	82.3	85.9	87.2	66.9
2022	82.0	16	87.0	80.1	87.1	89.5	66.6
2021	84.8	13	-	-	-	-	56.7
2020	87.8	11	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	85.4	13	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	85.6	15	-	-	-	-	71.7
2017	85.0	16	-	-	-	-	70.6
2016	85.2	16	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	88.5	12	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	89.8	14	-	-	-	-	-
2013	89.8	17	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-3.0	18	-	-	-	-	-
2010	4.3	17	-	-	-	-	-
2009	3.5	18	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4.5	20	-	-	-	-	-
2007	5.8	20	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.5	23	-	-	-	-	-
2005	4.0	18	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index