🇾🇪 Yemen Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇾🇪 Yemen YE / YEM #49

Nomad Score 30.0

Cities 11

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency YER

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Semi-presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 13/100

Press Freedom (2025) 31.5/100 #154

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.127

HDI 0.470

Regional Blocs AL

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Semi-presidential system

Title	Name
President of Yemen	Rashad al-Alimi
Prime Minister of Yemen	Shaea al-Zindani

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 13 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 31.5 / 100

Global Rank #154 / 180

RSF Zone MENA

Political #137 32.0

Economic #158 29.2

Legal #148 36.9

Social #157 33.1

Safety #165 26.2

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) 0.127

Liberal 0.043

Participatory 0.072

Deliberative 0.039

Egalitarian 0.033

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	31.5	154	32.0	29.2	36.9	33.1	26.2
2024	33.7	154	33.9	28.3	40.0	31.4	34.7
2023	32.8	168	37.5	30.4	40.6	34.1	21.4
2022	29.1	169	33.0	27.6	38.6	35.0	11.5
2021	37.7	169	-	-	-	-	46.7
2020	41.8	167	-	-	-	-	45.2
2019	38.3	168	-	-	-	-	35.8
2018	37.8	167	-	-	-	-	42.1
2017	34.2	166	-	-	-	-	36.6
2016	32.9	170	-	-	-	-	15.6
2015	33.6	168	-	-	-	-	48.4
2014	32.7	167	-	-	-	-	-
2013	30.8	169	-	-	-	-	-
2012	101.0	171	-	-	-	-	-
2010	82.1	170	-	-	-	-	-
2009	83.4	167	-	-	-	-	-
2008	59.0	155	-	-	-	-	-
2007	56.7	143	-	-	-	-	-
2006	54.0	150	-	-	-	-	-
2005	46.3	136	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index