🇹🇱 East Timor Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇹🇱 East Timor TL / TLS #154

Nomad Score 44.0

Cities 5

Region Lusophone, Malay Archipelago, Islands, Oceania, Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Least Developed Countries

Currency USD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 44/100

Press Freedom (2025) 71.8/100 #39

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.736

HDI 0.634

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Timor-Leste	José Ramos-Horta
Prime Minister of Timor-Leste	Xanana Gusmão

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 44 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 71.8 / 100

Global Rank #39 / 180

Rank Change -19 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #44 61.4

Economic #53 50.6

Legal #33 78.5

Social #42 75.9

Safety #20 92.5

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) 0.736

Liberal 0.549

Participatory 0.462

Deliberative 0.540

Egalitarian 0.473

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	71.8	39	61.4	50.6	78.5	75.9	92.5
2024	78.9	20	76.1	65.4	73.1	85.7	94.4
2023	84.5	10	81.9	74.5	83.0	87.1	95.9
2022	81.9	17	85.5	68.7	86.0	75.7	93.7
2021	70.9	71	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	70.1	78	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.1	84	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	69.2	95	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	67.2	98	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	68.0	99	-	-	-	-	54.3
2015	67.4	103	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	71.0	77	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.3	90	-	-	-	-	-
2012	30.0	88	-	-	-	-	-
2010	25.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2009	16.0	72	-	-	-	-	-
2008	13.8	65	-	-	-	-	-
2007	27.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2006	18.5	83	-	-	-	-	-
2005	13.5	58	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index