🇷🇴 Romania Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇷🇴 Romania RO / ROU #81

Nomad Score 68.0

Cities 19

Region European Union, Danube Region, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Black Sea Region, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency RON

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 45/100

Press Freedom (2025) 66.4/100 #55

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.605

HDI 0.845

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 56th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 64th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 56th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 47th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 63th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 62th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 10.3/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.3% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Romania	Nicușor Dan
Prime Minister of Romania	Ilie Bolojan

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 45 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 66.4 / 100

Global Rank #55 / 180

Rank Change -6 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #53 57.4

Economic #72 45.2

Legal #50 70.8

Social #54 71.4

Safety #57 87.3

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) 0.605

Liberal 0.464

Participatory 0.416

Deliberative 0.294

Egalitarian 0.424

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	66.4	55	57.4	45.2	70.8	71.4	87.3
2024	68.5	49	61.9	48.2	70.5	73.4	88.2
2023	69.0	53	59.7	49.2	71.9	81.4	83.0
2022	68.5	56	66.8	46.8	76.5	81.7	70.6
2021	75.1	48	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	74.1	48	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	74.3	47	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	76.4	44	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	75.5	46	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	75.7	49	-	-	-	-	50.0
2015	75.1	52	-	-	-	-	79.2
2014	76.5	45	-	-	-	-	-
2013	77.0	42	-	-	-	-	-
2012	14.0	49	-	-	-	-	-
2010	16.0	53	-	-	-	-	-
2009	12.5	50	-	-	-	-	-
2008	9.0	47	-	-	-	-	-
2007	12.8	42	-	-	-	-	-
2006	14.0	61	-	-	-	-	-
2005	16.2	70	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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