🇱🇧 Lebanon Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇱🇧 Lebanon LB / LBN #161

Nomad Score 50.0

Cities 10

Region Arab League, Mediterranean, Middle East, Arab World, Levant, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency LBP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic under confessionalism

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 23/100

Press Freedom (2025) 42.6/100 #132

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.419

HDI 0.752

Regional Blocs AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 9th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 13th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 11th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 6th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 15th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 31th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 2.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 16.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic under confessionalism

Title	Name
President of Lebanon	Joseph Aoun
Prime Minister of Lebanon	Nawaf Salam

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 23 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 42.6 / 100

Global Rank #132 / 180

Rank Change +8 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #86 46.7

Economic #154 30.3

Legal #123 48.6

Social #138 43.4

Safety #132 44.0

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) 0.419

Liberal 0.267

Participatory 0.222

Deliberative 0.350

Egalitarian 0.254

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	42.6	132	46.7	30.3	48.6	43.4	44.0
2024	41.9	140	45.0	34.8	45.6	42.2	41.9
2023	50.5	119	51.6	35.7	48.1	58.9	58.0
2022	46.6	130	50.9	38.3	50.2	60.5	33.0
2021	65.1	107	-	-	-	-	52.9
2020	66.8	102	-	-	-	-	77.0
2019	67.6	101	-	-	-	-	43.7
2018	68.9	100	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	67.0	99	-	-	-	-	77.0
2016	68.1	98	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	68.2	98	-	-	-	-	76.0
2014	68.1	106	-	-	-	-	-
2013	69.9	101	-	-	-	-	-
2012	31.5	93	-	-	-	-	-
2010	20.5	78	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.4	61	-	-	-	-	-
2008	14.0	66	-	-	-	-	-
2007	28.8	98	-	-	-	-	-
2006	27.0	107	-	-	-	-	-
2005	28.3	108	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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