🇳🇬 Nigeria Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇳🇬 Nigeria NG / NGA #31

Nomad Score 48.0

Cities 19

Region African Union, Sahel, OPEC, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, MINT Countries, Next Eleven, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency NGN

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 26/100

Press Freedom (2025) 46.8/100 #122

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.505

HDI 0.560

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 8th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 20th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 17th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 20th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 17th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 32th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 15.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 20.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Nigeria	Bola Tinubu
Vice President of Nigeria	Kashim Shettima

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 26 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 46.8 / 100

Global Rank #122 / 180

Rank Change -10 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #100 42.3

Economic #81 42.5

Legal #115 52.8

Social #79 63.0

Safety #152 33.4

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) 0.505

Liberal 0.311

Participatory 0.323

Deliberative 0.348

Egalitarian 0.317

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	46.8	122	42.3	42.5	52.8	63.0	33.4
2024	51.0	112	47.3	41.9	61.7	63.0	41.4
2023	49.6	123	52.0	44.1	50.5	63.8	37.4
2022	46.8	129	45.2	36.4	53.8	69.8	28.8
2021	60.3	120	-	-	-	-	45.0
2020	64.4	115	-	-	-	-	52.3
2019	63.5	120	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	62.6	119	-	-	-	-	58.9
2017	60.3	122	-	-	-	-	64.5
2016	64.1	116	-	-	-	-	82.1
2015	65.9	111	-	-	-	-	55.0
2014	65.8	112	-	-	-	-	-
2013	65.9	115	-	-	-	-	-
2012	56.4	126	-	-	-	-	-
2010	51.5	146	-	-	-	-	-
2009	46.0	135	-	-	-	-	-
2008	37.8	131	-	-	-	-	-
2007	49.8	131	-	-	-	-	-
2006	32.2	120	-	-	-	-	-
2005	38.8	123	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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