🇺🇸 United States Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇺🇸 United States US / USA #4

Nomad Score 61.0

Cities 100

Region G7, G20, Anglosphere, Arctic Circle, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Great Plains, Appalachia, North America, Americas, North America, North American Free Trade Agreement

Currency USD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 64/100

Press Freedom (2025) 65.5/100 #57

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.735

HDI 0.938

Regional Blocs NAFTA

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal Presidential system

Title	Name
President of the United States	Donald Trump
Vice President of the United States	JD Vance

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 64 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 65.5 / 100

Global Rank #57 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #41 62.4

Economic #40 55.7

Legal #57 68.8

Social #82 62.6

Safety #91 78.0

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) 0.735

Liberal 0.571

Participatory 0.510

Deliberative 0.481

Egalitarian 0.472

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	65.5	57	62.4	55.7	68.8	62.6	78.0
2024	66.6	55	69.0	61.1	74.5	72.1	56.3
2023	71.2	45	76.6	69.8	77.3	80.0	52.5
2022	72.7	42	73.0	59.3	77.3	81.4	72.6
2021	76.1	44	-	-	-	-	60.3
2020	76.2	45	-	-	-	-	80.5
2019	74.3	48	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	76.3	45	-	-	-	-	62.6
2017	76.1	43	-	-	-	-	75.2
2016	77.5	41	-	-	-	-	26.1
2015	75.6	49	-	-	-	-	68.2
2014	76.5	46	-	-	-	-	-
2013	81.8	32	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index