🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan KZ / KAZ #9

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 12

Region Silk Road, Caspian Region, Asia, Asia, Central Asia, Eurasian Economic Union

Currency KZT

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 38/100

Press Freedom (2025) 39.3/100 #141

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.259

HDI 0.837

Regional Blocs EEU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential system

Title	Name
President of Kazakhstan	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan	Oljas Bektenov

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 38 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 39.3 / 100

Global Rank #141 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #144 29.2

Economic #136 33.2

Legal #152 36.3

Social #131 46.1

Safety #118 51.9

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) 0.259

Liberal 0.131

Participatory 0.107

Deliberative 0.185

Egalitarian 0.204

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	39.3	141	29.2	33.2	36.3	46.1	51.9
2024	41.1	142	30.3	35.4	37.9	50.9	51.0
2023	45.9	134	44.1	36.0	44.3	59.4	45.5
2022	48.3	122	43.5	29.8	51.9	52.3	63.9
2021	49.7	155	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	45.9	157	-	-	-	-	58.3
2019	47.2	158	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	45.6	158	-	-	-	-	67.0
2017	46.0	157	-	-	-	-	55.8
2016	45.5	160	-	-	-	-	36.9
2015	46.5	160	-	-	-	-	58.9
2014	45.1	161	-	-	-	-	-
2013	44.9	160	-	-	-	-	-
2012	77.5	154	-	-	-	-	-
2010	68.5	162	-	-	-	-	-
2009	49.7	142	-	-	-	-	-
2008	35.3	125	-	-	-	-	-
2007	41.6	125	-	-	-	-	-
2006	41.0	128	-	-	-	-	-
2005	36.2	119	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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