🇹🇲 Turkmenistan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇹🇲 Turkmenistan TM / TKM #52

Nomad Score 37.0

Cities 6

Region Silk Road, Caspian Region, Asia, Asia, Central Asia

Currency TMT

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 17/100

Press Freedom (2025) 19.1/100 #174

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.148

HDI 0.764

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Turkmenistan	Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan	Raşit Meredow

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 17 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 19.1 / 100

Global Rank #174 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #180 7.6

Economic #176 15.9

Legal #159 31.9

Social #178 13.0

Safety #164 27.2

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) 0.148

Liberal 0.034

Participatory 0.033

Deliberative 0.028

Egalitarian 0.087

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	19.1	174	7.6	15.9	31.9	13.0	27.2
2024	22.0	175	13.2	17.9	30.9	15.7	32.3
2023	25.8	176	23.3	20.4	29.6	9.3	46.5
2022	25.0	177	25.0	11.7	29.6	23.0	35.7
2021	20.0	178	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	14.6	179	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	14.6	180	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	15.8	178	-	-	-	-	65.7
2017	15.8	178	-	-	-	-	64.7
2016	16.6	178	-	-	-	-	36.9
2015	19.2	178	-	-	-	-	89.0
2014	19.2	178	-	-	-	-	-
2013	20.9	177	-	-	-	-	-
2012	140.7	177	-	-	-	-	-
2010	95.3	176	-	-	-	-	-
2009	107.0	173	-	-	-	-	-
2008	95.5	171	-	-	-	-	-
2007	103.8	167	-	-	-	-	-
2006	98.5	167	-	-	-	-	-
2005	93.5	165	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index