🇹🇿 Tanzania Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇹🇿 Tanzania TZ / TZA #30

Nomad Score 53.0

Cities 18

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries, Developing Countries

Currency TZS

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary dominant-party Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 53.7/100 #95

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.365

HDI 0.555

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary dominant-party Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Tanzania	Samia Suluhu Hassan
Vice-President of Tanzania	Emmanuel Nchimbi

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 53.7 / 100

Global Rank #95 / 180

Rank Change +2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #87 46.7

Economic #87 42.0

Legal #113 54.0

Social #92 59.2

Safety #107 66.5

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) 0.365

Liberal 0.297

Participatory 0.245

Deliberative 0.290

Egalitarian 0.318

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	53.7	95	46.7	42.0	54.0	59.2	66.5
2024	54.8	97	47.4	41.1	50.7	63.4	71.4
2023	44.0	143	43.0	33.3	31.6	53.4	58.8
2022	48.3	123	43.9	32.7	45.1	59.2	60.6
2021	59.3	124	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	59.8	124	-	-	-	-	86.1
2019	63.7	118	-	-	-	-	53.5
2018	69.4	93	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.4	83	-	-	-	-	89.0
2016	71.4	71	-	-	-	-	33.0
2015	71.9	75	-	-	-	-	89.0
2014	72.7	69	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.7	70	-	-	-	-	-
2012	6.0	34	-	-	-	-	-
2010	13.0	41	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
2007	18.0	55	-	-	-	-	-
2006	19.8	88	-	-	-	-	-
2005	17.5	74	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index