🇫🇷 France Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇫🇷 France FR / FRA #42

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 56

Region European Union, Mediterranean, G7, G20, Francophone, Alpine Countries, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Western Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 66/100

Press Freedom (2025) 76.6/100 #25

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.865

HDI 0.920

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of France	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister of France	Sébastien Lecornu

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 66 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 76.6 / 100

Global Rank #25 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #22 75.4

Economic #26 63.1

Legal #27 80.9

Social #34 77.8

Safety #66 85.8

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) 0.865

Liberal 0.800

Participatory 0.597

Deliberative 0.793

Egalitarian 0.721

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	76.6	25	75.4	63.1	80.9	77.8	85.8
2024	78.7	21	78.9	66.3	78.2	81.5	88.4
2023	78.7	24	79.4	68.9	81.6	87.1	76.6
2022	78.5	26	79.9	67.9	86.5	89.4	69.1
2021	77.4	34	-	-	-	-	58.1
2020	77.1	34	-	-	-	-	55.3
2019	77.8	32	-	-	-	-	37.0
2018	78.1	33	-	-	-	-	71.1
2017	77.8	39	-	-	-	-	77.0
2016	76.2	45	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	78.9	38	-	-	-	-	75.2
2014	78.1	39	-	-	-	-	-
2013	78.4	37	-	-	-	-	-
2012	9.5	38	-	-	-	-	-
2010	13.4	44	-	-	-	-	-
2009	10.7	43	-	-	-	-	-
2008	7.7	35	-	-	-	-	-
2007	9.8	31	-	-	-	-	-
2006	9.0	37	-	-	-	-	-
2005	6.3	30	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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