🇲🇻 Maldives Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇲🇻 Maldives MV / MDV #186

Nomad Score 49.0

Cities 17

Region South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Islands, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Developing Countries

Currency MVR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 39/100

Press Freedom (2025) 52.5/100 #104

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.556

HDI 0.766

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 63th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 51th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 40th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 45th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 26th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 41th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2019) 0.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 1.6/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of the Maldives	Mohamed Muizzu
Vice President of the Maldives	Hussain Mohamed Latheef

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 39 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 52.5 / 100

Global Rank #104 / 180

Rank Change +2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #123 37.7

Economic #118 36.0

Legal #103 55.5

Social #133 45.5

Safety #56 87.5

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) 0.556

Liberal 0.416

Participatory 0.316

Deliberative 0.416

Egalitarian 0.371

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	52.5	104	37.7	36.0	55.5	45.5	87.5
2024	52.4	106	43.5	36.0	54.4	48.1	79.8
2023	56.9	100	53.8	32.8	59.9	55.7	82.5
2022	59.6	87	62.3	38.3	67.1	55.0	75.1
2021	70.9	72	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	70.1	79	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	67.8	98	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	62.1	120	-	-	-	-	54.3
2017	60.7	117	-	-	-	-	72.3
2016	65.8	112	-	-	-	-	70.0
2015	65.7	112	-	-	-	-	71.1
2014	66.9	108	-	-	-	-	-
2013	68.9	103	-	-	-	-	-
2012	25.0	73	-	-	-	-	-
2010	16.0	52	-	-	-	-	-
2009	14.0	51	-	-	-	-	-
2008	23.3	104	-	-	-	-	-
2007	45.2	129	-	-	-	-	-
2006	51.3	144	-	-	-	-	-
2005	58.5	148	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index