🇹🇼 Taiwan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇹🇼 Taiwan TW / TWN #199

Nomad Score 68.0

Cities 13

Region Sinosphere, Islands, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia, Four Asian Tigers

Currency TWD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member No

Independent No

CPI Score (2026) 68/100

Press Freedom (2025) 77.0/100 #24

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.801

HDI 0.934

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of the Republic of China	Lai Ching-te
Vice President of the Republic of China	Hsiao Bi-khim

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 68 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 77.0 / 100

Global Rank #24 / 180

Rank Change +3 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #23 72.9

Economic #33 58.2

Legal #30 80.3

Social #26 80.5

Safety #15 93.3

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) 0.801

Liberal 0.704

Participatory 0.652

Deliberative 0.685

Egalitarian 0.702

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	77.0	24	72.9	58.2	80.3	80.5	93.3
2024	76.1	27	74.7	56.8	80.1	76.4	92.8
2023	75.5	35	73.8	53.4	80.8	77.7	92.1
2022	74.1	38	74.8	51.9	79.0	77.7	87.0
2021	76.1	43	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	76.2	43	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	75.0	42	-	-	-	-	76.0
2018	76.6	42	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	75.6	45	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	75.6	51	-	-	-	-	82.1
2015	75.2	51	-	-	-	-	71.1
2014	76.2	50	-	-	-	-	-
2013	76.2	47	-	-	-	-	-
2012	13.0	46	-	-	-	-	-
2010	14.5	48	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.1	59	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.0	36	-	-	-	-	-
2007	10.0	32	-	-	-	-	-
2006	10.5	43	-	-	-	-	-
2005	12.3	51	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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