🇭🇰 Hong Kong Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇭🇰 Hong Kong HK / HKG #195

Nomad Score 66.0

Cities 12

Region Sinosphere, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Coworking Hotspots, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia, Emerging Markets, Four Asian Tigers

Currency HKD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Devolution

UN Member No

Independent No

CPI Score (2026) 76/100

Press Freedom (2025) 39.9/100 #140

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.151

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 70th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 88th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 93th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 93th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 94th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 37th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.4/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Devolution

Title	Name
Chief Executive of Hong Kong	John Lee Ka-chiu
Chief Secretary for Administration	Eric Chan

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 76 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 39.9 / 100

Global Rank #140 / 180

Rank Change -5 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #146 27.4

Economic #74 44.8

Legal #149 36.8

Social #128 46.7

Safety #135 43.7

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) 0.151

Liberal 0.142

Participatory 0.049

Deliberative 0.057

Egalitarian 0.219

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	39.9	140	27.4	44.8	36.8	46.7	43.7
2024	43.1	135	34.7	45.9	39.3	47.7	47.7
2023	44.9	140	40.4	45.9	38.3	56.5	43.2
2022	41.6	148	40.5	35.9	42.6	57.5	31.8
2021	69.6	80	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	70.0	80	-	-	-	-	69.6
2019	70.4	73	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	71.0	70	-	-	-	-	93.1
2017	70.5	73	-	-	-	-	80.5
2016	71.5	69	-	-	-	-	82.1
2015	72.2	70	-	-	-	-	78.0
2014	73.5	61	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.8	58	-	-	-	-	-
2012	17.0	54	-	-	-	-	-
2010	10.8	34	-	-	-	-	-
2009	11.8	48	-	-	-	-	-
2008	9.8	51	-	-	-	-	-
2007	20.0	61	-	-	-	-	-
2006	14.0	59	-	-	-	-	-
2005	8.3	39	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index