🇪🇷 Eritrea Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇪🇷 Eritrea ER / ERI #99

Nomad Score 36.0

Cities 4

Region African Union, Horn of Africa, Sahel, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency ERN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary one-party presidential republic under a totalitarian dictatorship

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 13/100

Press Freedom (2025) 11.3/100 #180

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.069

HDI 0.503

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 18th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 3th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 6th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 3th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 0th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 1th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2012) 15.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 37.9/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary one-party presidential republic under a totalitarian dictatorship

Title	Name
President of Eritrea	Isaias Afwerki

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 13 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 11.3 / 100

Global Rank #180 / 180

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #178 10.8

Economic #177 15.5

Legal #180 8.4

Social #179 11.7

Safety #180 10.3

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) 0.069

Liberal 0.009

Participatory 0.008

Deliberative 0.025

Egalitarian 0.108

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	11.3	180	10.8	15.5	8.4	11.7	10.3
2024	16.6	180	12.8	18.5	16.9	20.7	14.3
2023	27.9	174	33.1	27.0	23.4	26.2	29.6
2022	19.6	179	22.2	19.7	25.2	19.7	11.4
2021	18.6	180	-	-	-	-	27.0
2020	16.5	178	-	-	-	-	28.0
2019	19.7	178	-	-	-	-	93.1
2018	15.8	179	-	-	-	-	28.6
2017	15.8	179	-	-	-	-	28.3
2016	16.1	180	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	15.1	180	-	-	-	-	68.2
2014	15.2	180	-	-	-	-	-
2013	15.2	179	-	-	-	-	-
2012	142.0	179	-	-	-	-	-
2010	105.0	178	-	-	-	-	-
2009	115.5	175	-	-	-	-	-
2008	97.5	173	-	-	-	-	-
2007	114.8	169	-	-	-	-	-
2006	97.5	166	-	-	-	-	-
2005	99.8	166	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index