🇵🇾 Paraguay Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇵🇾 Paraguay PY / PRY #59

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 11

Region Union of South American Nations, Latin America, Southern Cone, Hispanophone, South America, Americas, South America, Developing Countries

Currency PYG

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 24/100

Press Freedom (2025) 56.8/100 #84

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.581

HDI 0.756

Regional Blocs USAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 49th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 29th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 16th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 34th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 50th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 49th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 6.8/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 22.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.9% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Paraguay	Santiago Peña
Vice President of Paraguay	Pedro Alliana

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 24 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 56.8 / 100

Global Rank #84 / 180

Rank Change +31 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #98 43.3

Economic #100 40.1

Legal #70 66.9

Social #107 55.2

Safety #88 78.8

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) 0.581

Liberal 0.376

Participatory 0.342

Deliberative 0.315

Egalitarian 0.241

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	56.8	84	43.3	40.1	66.9	55.2	78.8
2024	50.5	115	40.9	35.0	64.4	56.9	55.3
2023	56.0	103	57.1	42.2	70.9	61.3	48.5
2022	58.4	96	54.2	31.1	75.4	65.0	66.0
2021	66.5	100	-	-	-	-	55.0
2020	67.0	100	-	-	-	-	83.9
2019	67.6	99	-	-	-	-	44.0
2018	67.7	107	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	64.4	110	-	-	-	-	66.7
2016	66.4	111	-	-	-	-	83.9
2015	66.3	109	-	-	-	-	47.7
2014	68.2	105	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.2	91	-	-	-	-	-
2012	29.0	83	-	-	-	-	-
2010	16.3	54	-	-	-	-	-
2009	14.3	54	-	-	-	-	-
2008	20.5	91	-	-	-	-	-
2007	26.1	90	-	-	-	-	-
2006	18.3	82	-	-	-	-	-
2005	15.5	69	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index