🇷🇼 Rwanda Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇷🇼 Rwanda RW / RWA #144

Nomad Score 55.0

Cities 12

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency RWF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarianism

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 58/100

Press Freedom (2025) 35.8/100 #146

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.193

HDI 0.578

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 50th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 57th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 73th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 65th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 56th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 25th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2020) 3.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 29.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.3% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarianism

Title	Name
President of Rwanda	Paul Kagame
Prime Minister of Rwanda	Justin Nsengiyumva

💰 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) 35.8 / 100

Global Rank #146 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #148 25.9

Economic #161 27.2

Legal #127 47.5

Social #127 47.9

Safety #156 30.8

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) 0.193

Liberal 0.090

Participatory 0.130

Deliberative 0.182

Egalitarian 0.167

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	35.8	146	25.9	27.2	47.5	47.9	30.8
2024	40.5	144	35.7	32.1	54.4	50.0	30.6
2023	46.6	131	40.0	34.8	58.9	58.3	40.9
2022	45.2	136	42.1	31.9	57.9	55.3	38.8
2021	49.3	156	-	-	-	-	69.6
2020	49.7	155	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	47.6	155	-	-	-	-	44.0
2018	47.1	156	-	-	-	-	86.1
2017	45.9	159	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	45.4	161	-	-	-	-	54.8
2015	43.4	161	-	-	-	-	66.7
2014	43.4	162	-	-	-	-	-
2013	44.5	161	-	-	-	-	-
2012	81.0	156	-	-	-	-	-
2010	81.0	169	-	-	-	-	-
2009	64.7	157	-	-	-	-	-
2008	50.0	145	-	-	-	-	-
2007	58.9	147	-	-	-	-	-
2006	41.0	129	-	-	-	-	-
2005	38.0	122	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index