🇪🇬 Egypt Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇪🇬 Egypt EG / EGY #29

Nomad Score 54.0

Cities 20

Region African Union, Arab League, Mediterranean, BRICS, Middle East, Arab World, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Africa, Africa, Northern Africa, Next Eleven, Developing Countries

Currency EGP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under an Authoritarianism

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 30/100

Press Freedom (2025) 24.7/100 #170

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.187

HDI 0.754

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 17th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 44th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 25th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 42th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 27th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 11th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2017) 1.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 10.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic under an Authoritarianism

Title	Name
President of Egypt	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Prime Minister of Egypt	Mostafa Madbouly

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 30 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 24.7 / 100

Global Rank #170 / 180

RSF Zone MENA

Political #173 13.6

Economic #169 23.3

Legal #157 32.7

Social #169 25.7

Safety #161 28.5

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) 0.187

Liberal 0.115

Participatory 0.076

Deliberative 0.120

Egalitarian 0.106

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	24.7	170	13.6	23.3	32.7	25.7	28.5
2024	25.1	170	16.1	24.7	29.8	27.6	27.3
2023	33.4	166	29.6	32.0	34.7	39.6	31.0
2022	30.2	168	30.9	23.5	34.9	44.3	17.6
2021	43.8	166	-	-	-	-	35.9
2020	43.2	166	-	-	-	-	31.3
2019	43.5	163	-	-	-	-	37.3
2018	43.3	161	-	-	-	-	36.1
2017	44.2	161	-	-	-	-	31.9
2016	45.6	159	-	-	-	-	48.9
2015	49.8	158	-	-	-	-	39.0
2014	48.1	159	-	-	-	-	-
2013	51.3	158	-	-	-	-	-
2012	97.5	166	-	-	-	-	-
2010	43.3	127	-	-	-	-	-
2009	51.4	143	-	-	-	-	-
2008	50.3	146	-	-	-	-	-
2007	58.0	146	-	-	-	-	-
2006	46.3	133	-	-	-	-	-
2005	52.0	143	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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