🇰🇪 Kenya Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇰🇪 Kenya KE / KEN #48

Nomad Score 57.0

Cities 16

Region African Union, Horn of Africa, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency KES

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 30/100

Press Freedom (2025) 49.4/100 #117

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.563

HDI 0.628

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 15th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 41th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 24th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 39th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 38th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 42th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 4.9/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 28.3/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.0% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Kenya	William Ruto
Deputy President of Kenya	Kithure Kindiki

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 30 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 49.4 / 100

Global Rank #117 / 180

Rank Change -15 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #130 35.9

Economic #146 31.8

Legal #93 59.8

Social #115 53.1

Safety #108 66.4

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) 0.563

Liberal 0.446

Participatory 0.335

Deliberative 0.454

Egalitarian 0.347

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	49.4	117	35.9	31.8	59.8	53.1	66.4
2024	53.2	102	39.0	37.0	59.4	58.6	72.1
2023	51.2	116	49.2	40.5	66.8	56.3	43.0
2022	64.6	69	62.4	46.3	72.3	78.0	63.9
2021	66.4	102	-	-	-	-	79.2
2020	66.3	103	-	-	-	-	79.2
2019	67.6	100	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	69.2	96	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	68.8	95	-	-	-	-	54.1
2016	68.8	95	-	-	-	-	43.6
2015	67.9	100	-	-	-	-	65.3
2014	69.3	90	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.2	71	-	-	-	-	-
2012	29.5	84	-	-	-	-	-
2010	19.0	74	-	-	-	-	-
2009	25.0	96	-	-	-	-	-
2008	21.3	97	-	-	-	-	-
2007	23.8	78	-	-	-	-	-
2006	30.3	118	-	-	-	-	-
2005	30.0	109	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index