🇶🇦 Qatar Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇶🇦 Qatar QA / QAT #158

Nomad Score 55.0

Cities 5

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Asia, Asia, Western Asia, Developing Countries

Currency QAR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 58/100

Press Freedom (2025) 58.3/100 #79

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.034

HDI 0.886

Regional Blocs AL

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 0.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.3/100k

Military Spending (2022) 6.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary state

Title	Name
Emir of Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Deputy Emir of Qatar	Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 58 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 58.3 / 100

Global Rank #79 / 180

Rank Change +5 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #77 49.7

Economic #52 50.8

Legal #144 41.8

Social #97 58.0

Safety #34 90.9

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) 0.034

Liberal 0.091

Participatory 0.034

Deliberative 0.120

Egalitarian 0.101

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	58.3	79	49.7	50.8	41.8	58.0	90.9
2024	58.5	84	50.6	51.4	41.9	59.9	88.7
2023	55.3	105	53.1	50.0	38.2	51.1	83.9
2022	49.0	119	59.7	46.9	43.9	42.5	52.2
2021	57.4	128	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	57.5	129	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	57.5	128	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	59.8	125	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	60.2	123	-	-	-	-	89.0
2016	64.0	117	-	-	-	-	62.2
2015	64.7	115	-	-	-	-	89.0
2014	65.7	113	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.1	110	-	-	-	-	-
2012	46.0	114	-	-	-	-	-
2010	38.0	121	-	-	-	-	-
2009	24.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.5	74	-	-	-	-	-
2007	24.0	79	-	-	-	-	-
2006	18.0	81	-	-	-	-	-
2005	23.0	90	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index