🇵🇰 Pakistan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇵🇰 Pakistan PK / PAK #33

Nomad Score 49.0

Cities 19

Region South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Himalayan Region, Silk Road, Asia, Asia, Southern Asia, Next Eleven, Developing Countries

Currency PKR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 28/100

Press Freedom (2025) 29.6/100 #158

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.302

HDI 0.544

Regional Blocs SAARC

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 7th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 21th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 19th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 31th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 20th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 23th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 4.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 13.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal republic

Title	Name
President of Pakistan	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister of Pakistan	Shehbaz Sharif

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 28 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 29.6 / 100

Global Rank #158 / 180

Rank Change -6 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #153 25.1

Economic #162 26.7

Legal #146 37.7

Social #155 33.4

Safety #167 25.3

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) 0.302

Liberal 0.176

Participatory 0.192

Deliberative 0.182

Egalitarian 0.123

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	29.6	158	25.1	26.7	37.7	33.4	25.3
2024	33.9	152	29.2	33.7	43.0	37.7	25.9
2023	40.0	150	42.7	37.3	48.1	48.1	23.6
2022	38.0	157	39.6	31.9	53.3	47.4	17.8
2021	53.1	145	-	-	-	-	40.4
2020	54.5	145	-	-	-	-	37.6
2019	54.2	142	-	-	-	-	51.8
2018	56.8	139	-	-	-	-	50.3
2017	56.5	139	-	-	-	-	47.8
2016	51.5	147	-	-	-	-	45.0
2015	49.5	159	-	-	-	-	35.1
2014	48.5	158	-	-	-	-	-
2013	48.7	159	-	-	-	-	-
2012	75.0	151	-	-	-	-	-
2010	56.2	151	-	-	-	-	-
2009	65.7	159	-	-	-	-	-
2008	54.9	152	-	-	-	-	-
2007	64.8	152	-	-	-	-	-
2006	70.3	157	-	-	-	-	-
2005	60.8	150	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index