🇳🇦 Namibia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇳🇦 Namibia NA / NAM #34

Nomad Score 50.0

Cities 15

Region African Union, Nomad Visa Countries, Africa, Africa, Southern Africa

Currency NAD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 46/100

Press Freedom (2025) 75.4/100 #28

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.633

HDI 0.665

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Namibia	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Vice President of Namibia	Lucia Witbooi

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 46 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 75.4 / 100

Global Rank #28 / 180

Rank Change +6 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #32 66.1

Economic #31 59.2

Legal #13 84.4

Social #43 75.7

Safety #29 91.3

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) 0.633

Liberal 0.519

Participatory 0.349

Deliberative 0.464

Egalitarian 0.345

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	75.4	28	66.1	59.2	84.4	75.7	91.3
2024	74.2	34	65.5	63.4	77.1	75.0	89.9
2023	80.9	22	75.8	70.8	79.8	87.7	90.5
2022	81.8	18	73.0	69.8	83.0	91.6	91.8
2021	80.3	24	-	-	-	-	89.0
2020	80.8	23	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	81.1	23	-	-	-	-	78.0
2018	79.8	26	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	82.9	24	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	84.9	17	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	87.5	17	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	87.5	22	-	-	-	-	-
2013	87.5	19	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-2.0	21	-	-	-	-	-
2010	7.0	22	-	-	-	-	-
2009	9.0	35	-	-	-	-	-
2008	5.5	23	-	-	-	-	-
2007	8.5	25	-	-	-	-	-
2006	6.0	26	-	-	-	-	-
2005	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index