🇩🇿 Algeria Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇩🇿 Algeria DZ / DZA #10

Nomad Score 50.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Arab League, Mediterranean, Francophone, Arab World, Maghreb, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Northern Africa

Currency DZD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 34/100

Press Freedom (2025) 44.6/100 #126

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.265

HDI 0.763

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Algeria	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Prime Minister of Algeria	Sifi Ghrieb

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 34 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 44.6 / 100

Global Rank #126 / 180

Rank Change +13 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #116 38.9

Economic #144 32.3

Legal #125 48.0

Social #129 46.3

Safety #114 57.7

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) 0.265

Liberal 0.126

Participatory 0.095

Deliberative 0.183

Egalitarian 0.207

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	44.6	126	38.9	32.3	48.0	46.3	57.7
2024	42.0	139	32.2	32.6	45.4	43.0	56.8
2023	45.7	136	42.1	36.1	46.1	52.6	51.7
2022	45.5	134	41.2	32.4	54.2	55.9	44.0
2021	52.7	146	-	-	-	-	64.5
2020	54.5	146	-	-	-	-	70.0
2019	54.3	141	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	56.9	136	-	-	-	-	86.1
2017	57.2	134	-	-	-	-	64.5
2016	58.3	129	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	63.4	119	-	-	-	-	68.7
2014	63.7	121	-	-	-	-	-
2013	63.5	125	-	-	-	-	-
2012	56.0	122	-	-	-	-	-
2010	47.3	133	-	-	-	-	-
2009	49.6	141	-	-	-	-	-
2008	31.3	121	-	-	-	-	-
2007	40.5	123	-	-	-	-	-
2006	40.0	126	-	-	-	-	-
2005	40.3	129	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index