🇩🇯 Djibouti Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇩🇯 Djibouti DJ / DJI #146

Nomad Score 35.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Arab League, Francophone, Arab World, Horn of Africa, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency DJF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary dominant-party

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 31/100

Press Freedom (2025) 25.4/100 #168

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.250

HDI 0.513

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 25th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 14th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 24th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 25th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 17th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 14th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 23.5/100k

Military Spending (2008) 2.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary dominant-party

Title	Name
President of Djibouti	Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Prime Minister of Djibouti	Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 31 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 25.4 / 100

Global Rank #168 / 180

Rank Change -7 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #167 15.8

Economic #178 15.1

Legal #165 24.9

Social #170 24.4

Safety #128 46.6

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) 0.250

Liberal 0.118

Participatory 0.142

Deliberative 0.142

Egalitarian 0.193

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	25.4	168	15.8	15.1	24.9	24.4	46.6
2024	30.1	161	24.1	26.7	30.6	29.1	40.1
2023	35.9	162	39.3	25.5	34.5	28.2	51.9
2022	35.8	164	32.7	16.1	37.7	37.6	54.6
2021	21.4	176	-	-	-	-	89.0
2020	23.3	176	-	-	-	-	93.1
2019	28.6	173	-	-	-	-	89.0
2018	29.2	173	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	29.5	172	-	-	-	-	67.8
2016	29.1	172	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	29.0	170	-	-	-	-	74.4
2014	29.7	169	-	-	-	-	-
2013	32.6	167	-	-	-	-	-
2012	83.5	160	-	-	-	-	-
2010	30.5	110	-	-	-	-	-
2009	31.0	110	-	-	-	-	-
2008	41.5	134	-	-	-	-	-
2007	50.3	132	-	-	-	-	-
2006	33.0	121	-	-	-	-	-
2005	37.0	121	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index