🇰🇼 Kuwait Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇰🇼 Kuwait KW / KWT #152

Nomad Score 52.0

Cities 7

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, OPEC, Asia, Asia, Western Asia, Developing Countries

Currency KWD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 46/100

Press Freedom (2025) 44.1/100 #128

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.138

HDI 0.852

Regional Blocs AL

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 0.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 15.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 4.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
Emir of Kuwait	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Crown Prince of Kuwait	Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 46 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 44.1 / 100

Global Rank #128 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #135 33.0

Economic #148 31.5

Legal #139 43.5

Social #167 29.1

Safety #76 83.2

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) 0.138

Liberal 0.127

Participatory 0.053

Deliberative 0.176

Egalitarian 0.171

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	44.1	128	33.0	31.5	43.5	29.1	83.2
2024	44.7	131	37.4	32.1	46.0	27.9	80.0
2023	38.8	154	41.3	24.5	30.2	20.5	77.8
2022	37.9	158	32.7	19.4	36.8	27.0	73.4
2021	65.6	105	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	65.7	109	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	66.1	108	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	68.1	105	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	66.4	104	-	-	-	-	59.1
2016	67.4	103	-	-	-	-	45.0
2015	69.2	90	-	-	-	-	68.7
2014	69.3	91	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.7	77	-	-	-	-	-
2012	28.0	78	-	-	-	-	-
2010	23.8	88	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.3	60	-	-	-	-	-
2008	12.6	61	-	-	-	-	-
2007	20.2	63	-	-	-	-	-
2006	17.0	74	-	-	-	-	-
2005	21.3	85	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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