🇸🇾 Syria Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇸🇾 Syria SY / SYR #87

Nomad Score 34.0

Cities 6

Region Arab League, Mediterranean, Middle East, Arab World, Levant, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency SYP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic under a Syrian transitional government

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 15/100

Press Freedom (2025) 15.8/100 #177

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.128

HDI 0.564

Regional Blocs AL

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic under a Syrian transitional government

Title	Name
President of Syria	Ahmed al-Sharaa

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 15 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 15.8 / 100

Global Rank #177 / 180

Rank Change +2 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #170 14.0

Economic #179 14.4

Legal #177 16.0

Social #173 19.6

Safety #178 15.1

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) 0.128

Liberal 0.054

Participatory 0.058

Deliberative 0.166

Egalitarian 0.126

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	15.8	177	14.0	14.4	16.0	19.6	15.1
2024	17.4	179	14.4	19.7	23.8	17.7	11.6
2023	27.2	175	33.7	25.5	24.3	29.6	23.1
2022	28.9	171	33.5	27.6	33.6	36.6	13.4
2021	29.4	173	-	-	-	-	17.4
2020	27.4	174	-	-	-	-	19.1
2019	28.2	174	-	-	-	-	59.1
2018	20.8	177	-	-	-	-	18.4
2017	18.5	177	-	-	-	-	17.2
2016	18.7	177	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	22.7	177	-	-	-	-	12.9
2014	23.0	177	-	-	-	-	-
2013	21.5	176	-	-	-	-	-
2012	138.0	176	-	-	-	-	-
2010	91.5	173	-	-	-	-	-
2009	78.0	165	-	-	-	-	-
2008	59.6	159	-	-	-	-	-
2007	66.0	154	-	-	-	-	-
2006	63.0	153	-	-	-	-	-
2005	55.0	145	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index