🇸🇸 South Sudan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇸🇸 South Sudan SS / SSD #41

Nomad Score 21.0

Cities 4

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Middle Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency SSP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 9/100

Press Freedom (2025) 51.6/100 #109

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.133

HDI 0.388

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Republic of South Sudan	Salva Kiir Mayardit
Vice President of South Sudan	Riek Machar

💰 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) 51.6 / 100

Global Rank #109 / 180

Rank Change +27 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #129 36.1

Economic #89 41.8

Legal #107 55.3

Social #108 55.0

Safety #104 69.9

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) 0.133

Liberal 0.064

Participatory 0.047

Deliberative 0.038

Egalitarian 0.032

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	51.6	109	36.1	41.8	55.3	55.0	69.9
2024	42.6	136	31.3	43.8	52.0	48.2	37.5
2023	50.6	118	49.5	48.3	56.1	47.7	51.5
2022	47.1	128	40.5	36.7	52.1	50.6	55.4
2021	54.2	139	-	-	-	-	69.6
2020	55.5	138	-	-	-	-	83.9
2019	54.4	139	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	53.1	144	-	-	-	-	54.0
2017	51.8	145	-	-	-	-	53.8
2016	55.1	140	-	-	-	-	39.6
2015	62.0	125	-	-	-	-	71.7
2014	64.0	119	-	-	-	-	-
2013	63.8	124	-	-	-	-	-
2012	41.3	111	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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