🇱🇾 Libya Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇱🇾 Libya LY / LBY #16

Nomad Score 32.0

Cities 7

Region African Union, Arab League, Mediterranean, Arab World, Maghreb, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Northern Africa

Currency LYD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 13/100

Press Freedom (2025) 40.4/100 #137

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.193

HDI 0.721

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary state

Title	Name
President of Libya	Mohamed al-Menfi
Presidential Council	Musa Al-Koni

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 13 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 40.4 / 100

Global Rank #137 / 180

Rank Change +6 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #117 38.9

Economic #109 37.8

Legal #137 43.9

Social #141 42.0

Safety #142 39.6

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) 0.193

Liberal 0.098

Participatory 0.087

Deliberative 0.261

Egalitarian 0.123

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	40.4	137	38.9	37.8	43.9	42.0	39.6
2024	40.6	143	40.5	37.3	44.2	36.8	44.2
2023	40.2	149	49.0	34.3	30.2	45.2	42.4
2022	43.2	143	54.4	34.9	44.9	45.0	36.6
2021	44.3	165	-	-	-	-	54.0
2020	44.2	164	-	-	-	-	48.1
2019	44.2	162	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	43.2	162	-	-	-	-	49.6
2017	43.2	163	-	-	-	-	39.0
2016	42.1	164	-	-	-	-	32.3
2015	54.0	154	-	-	-	-	32.7
2014	60.2	137	-	-	-	-	-
2013	62.1	131	-	-	-	-	-
2012	77.5	155	-	-	-	-	-
2010	63.5	160	-	-	-	-	-
2009	64.5	156	-	-	-	-	-
2008	61.5	160	-	-	-	-	-
2007	66.5	155	-	-	-	-	-
2006	62.5	152	-	-	-	-	-
2005	88.8	162	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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