🇸🇴 Somalia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇴 Somalia SO / SOM #43

Nomad Score 37.0

Cities 7

Region African Union, Arab League, Arab World, Horn of Africa, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency SOS

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 9/100

Press Freedom (2025) 40.5/100 #136

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.165

HDI 0.404

Regional Blocs AU, AL

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 3th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 0th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 1th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 2th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 3th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 4th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 27.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Somalia	Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime Minister of Somalia	Hamza Abdi Barre

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 9 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 40.5 / 100

Global Rank #136 / 180

Rank Change +9 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #128 36.5

Economic #104 39.2

Legal #142 42.4

Social #135 44.8

Safety #143 39.5

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) 0.165

Liberal 0.128

Participatory 0.095

Deliberative 0.189

Egalitarian 0.099

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	40.5	136	36.5	39.2	42.4	44.8	39.5
2024	39.4	145	36.0	42.0	35.6	44.8	38.6
2023	44.2	141	53.4	44.5	43.6	51.1	28.5
2022	44.0	140	51.0	41.2	47.7	61.8	18.3
2021	44.5	161	-	-	-	-	54.6
2020	44.6	163	-	-	-	-	43.1
2019	42.8	164	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	37.0	168	-	-	-	-	39.1
2017	34.1	167	-	-	-	-	44.3
2016	34.7	167	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	27.7	172	-	-	-	-	46.3
2014	26.8	176	-	-	-	-	-
2013	26.4	175	-	-	-	-	-
2012	88.3	164	-	-	-	-	-
2010	66.0	161	-	-	-	-	-
2009	77.5	164	-	-	-	-	-
2008	58.0	153	-	-	-	-	-
2007	71.5	159	-	-	-	-	-
2006	51.3	145	-	-	-	-	-
2005	59.0	149	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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