🇪🇹 Ethiopia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia ET / ETH #26

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 15

Region African Union, BRICS, Horn of Africa, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency ETB

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 38/100

Press Freedom (2025) 36.9/100 #145

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.257

HDI 0.492

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 6th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 27th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 37th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 24th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 14th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 20th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2012) 8.5/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 28.2/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Ethiopia	Taye Atske Selassie
Prime Minister of Ethiopia	Abiy Ahmed

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 38 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 36.9 / 100

Global Rank #145 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #139 31.5

Economic #131 34.7

Legal #118 51.1

Social #146 37.9

Safety #157 29.5

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) 0.257

Liberal 0.100

Participatory 0.128

Deliberative 0.195

Egalitarian 0.161

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	36.9	145	31.5	34.7	51.1	37.9	29.5
2024	41.4	141	33.9	41.2	50.0	47.6	34.1
2023	47.7	130	50.3	43.1	62.6	43.6	38.8
2022	50.5	114	50.7	45.8	63.7	57.3	35.3
2021	66.4	101	-	-	-	-	69.1
2020	67.2	99	-	-	-	-	86.1
2019	64.9	110	-	-	-	-	27.8
2018	49.8	150	-	-	-	-	34.6
2017	49.7	150	-	-	-	-	40.3
2016	54.9	142	-	-	-	-	33.5
2015	58.2	142	-	-	-	-	35.9
2014	59.4	143	-	-	-	-	-
2013	60.4	137	-	-	-	-	-
2012	56.6	127	-	-	-	-	-
2010	49.4	139	-	-	-	-	-
2009	49.0	140	-	-	-	-	-
2008	47.8	142	-	-	-	-	-
2007	63.0	150	-	-	-	-	-
2006	75.0	160	-	-	-	-	-
2005	42.0	131	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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