🇳🇵 Nepal Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇳🇵 Nepal NP / NPL #93

Nomad Score 55.0

Cities 15

Region South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Himalayan Region, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Least Developed Countries

Currency NPR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal parliamentary republic under an Karki interim cabinet

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 34/100

Press Freedom (2025) 55.2/100 #90

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.656

HDI 0.622

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal parliamentary republic under an Karki interim cabinet

Title	Name
President of Nepal	Ram Chandra Poudel
Vice President of Nepal	Ram Sahaya Yadav

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 34 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 55.2 / 100

Global Rank #90 / 180

Rank Change -16 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #68 51.9

Economic #80 43.1

Legal #60 68.6

Social #88 60.9

Safety #120 51.5

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) 0.656

Liberal 0.505

Participatory 0.435

Deliberative 0.406

Egalitarian 0.422

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	55.2	90	51.9	43.1	68.6	60.9	51.5
2024	60.5	74	55.5	52.9	71.4	61.4	61.4
2023	57.9	95	58.4	44.6	66.3	61.1	59.0
2022	62.7	76	59.8	40.1	66.1	77.3	70.0
2021	65.4	106	-	-	-	-	79.2
2020	64.9	112	-	-	-	-	89.0
2019	66.6	106	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	68.0	106	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	67.0	100	-	-	-	-	86.1
2016	67.4	105	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	67.3	105	-	-	-	-	57.5
2014	63.8	120	-	-	-	-	-
2013	65.4	118	-	-	-	-	-
2012	38.8	106	-	-	-	-	-
2010	36.4	119	-	-	-	-	-
2009	35.6	118	-	-	-	-	-
2008	43.3	138	-	-	-	-	-
2007	53.8	137	-	-	-	-	-
2006	73.5	159	-	-	-	-	-
2005	86.8	160	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index