🇻🇪 Venezuela Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇻🇪 Venezuela VE / VEN #32

Nomad Score 43.0

Cities 11

Region Union of South American Nations, Latin America, Andean States, Amazon Basin, Hispanophone, OPEC, South America, Americas, South America

Currency VES

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal presidential republic under an Authoritarianism

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 10/100

Press Freedom (2025) 29.2/100 #160

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.181

HDI 0.709

Regional Blocs USAN

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 12th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 0th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 1th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 6th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 2th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 7th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2022) 12.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 39.0/100k

Military Spending (2023) 0.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal presidential republic under an Authoritarianism

Title	Name
President of Venezuela	Delcy Rodríguez
Vice President of Venezuela	Vacant

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 10 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 29.2 / 100

Global Rank #160 / 180

Rank Change -4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #169 14.5

Economic #157 29.6

Legal #151 36.5

Social #147 37.3

Safety #162 28.2

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) 0.181

Liberal 0.042

Participatory 0.148

Deliberative 0.023

Egalitarian 0.080

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	29.2	160	14.5	29.6	36.5	37.3	28.2
2024	33.1	156	17.7	31.6	37.3	38.7	39.9
2023	37.0	159	34.9	35.7	34.8	38.5	41.0
2022	37.8	159	33.7	31.7	44.7	47.5	31.2
2021	52.4	148	-	-	-	-	45.7
2020	54.3	147	-	-	-	-	58.4
2019	50.9	148	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	54.0	143	-	-	-	-	54.4
2017	57.1	137	-	-	-	-	54.7
2016	55.2	139	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	59.4	137	-	-	-	-	39.2
2014	64.6	116	-	-	-	-	-
2013	65.6	117	-	-	-	-	-
2012	55.0	120	-	-	-	-	-
2010	47.3	134	-	-	-	-	-
2009	39.5	124	-	-	-	-	-
2008	27.3	113	-	-	-	-	-
2007	36.9	114	-	-	-	-	-
2006	29.0	115	-	-	-	-	-
2005	23.0	90	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index