🇬🇧 United Kingdom Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇬🇧 United Kingdom GB / GBR #78

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 48

Region G7, G20, Anglosphere, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Islands, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency GBP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Westminster parliamentary system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 70/100

Press Freedom (2025) 78.9/100 #20

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.772

HDI 0.946

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Westminster parliamentary system

Title	Name
Monarchy of the United Kingdom	Charles III
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	Keir Starmer

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 70 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 78.9 / 100

Global Rank #20 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #16 81.5

Economic #16 68.4

Legal #40 75.6

Social #31 78.5

Safety #39 90.4

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) 0.772

Liberal 0.689

Participatory 0.533

Deliberative 0.665

Egalitarian 0.612

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	78.9	20	81.5	68.4	75.6	78.5	90.4
2024	77.5	23	80.1	69.4	74.4	75.4	88.3
2023	78.5	26	80.9	74.7	73.5	81.4	82.1
2022	78.7	24	80.6	72.8	76.6	84.3	79.3
2021	78.4	33	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	77.1	35	-	-	-	-	55.0
2019	77.8	33	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	76.8	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	77.7	40	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	78.3	38	-	-	-	-	75.2
2015	80.0	34	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	80.1	33	-	-	-	-	-
2013	83.1	29	-	-	-	-	-
2012	2.0	28	-	-	-	-	-
2010	6.0	19	-	-	-	-	-
2009	4.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
2008	5.5	23	-	-	-	-	-
2007	8.3	24	-	-	-	-	-
2006	6.5	28	-	-	-	-	-
2005	5.2	24	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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