🇲🇲 Myanmar Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

Home
/ Countries
/ 🇲🇲 Myanmar
/ 🏛 Politics

🇲🇲 Myanmar MM / MMR #39

Nomad Score 42.0

Cities 12

Region Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indochina, Silk Road, Asia, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency MMK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary assembly-independent republic under a military junta

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 16/100

Press Freedom (2025) 25.3/100 #169

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.080

HDI 0.609

Regional Blocs ASEAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 5th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 6th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 12th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 4th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 7th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 2th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 2.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 20.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 6.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary assembly-independent republic under a military junta

Title	Name
President of Myanmar	Vacant (Min Aung Hlaing serving Pro Tem On Duty)
State Security and Peace Commission	Min Aung Hlaing

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 16 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 25.3 / 100

Global Rank #169 / 180

Rank Change +2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #156 24.0

Economic #143 32.4

Legal #173 18.6

Social #150 36.0

Safety #176 15.6

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) 0.080

Liberal 0.015

Participatory 0.041

Deliberative 0.035

Egalitarian 0.057

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	25.3	169	24.0	32.4	18.6	36.0	15.6
2024	24.4	171	22.2	31.7	18.8	30.0	19.5
2023	28.3	173	35.8	41.0	20.2	24.8	19.6
2022	25.0	176	40.4	29.3	20.2	30.7	4.6
2021	53.9	140	-	-	-	-	69.1
2020	55.2	139	-	-	-	-	65.7
2019	55.1	138	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	56.9	137	-	-	-	-	52.6
2017	58.2	131	-	-	-	-	80.5
2016	54.5	143	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	57.9	144	-	-	-	-	48.1
2014	58.6	145	-	-	-	-	-
2013	55.3	151	-	-	-	-	-
2012	100.0	169	-	-	-	-	-
2010	94.5	174	-	-	-	-	-
2009	102.7	171	-	-	-	-	-
2008	94.4	170	-	-	-	-	-
2007	93.8	164	-	-	-	-	-
2006	94.8	164	-	-	-	-	-
2005	88.8	163	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index