🇿🇲 Zambia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇿🇲 Zambia ZM / ZMB #38

Nomad Score 49.0

Cities 10

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa

Currency ZMW

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 37/100

Press Freedom (2025) 57.3/100 #82

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.497

HDI 0.595

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 52th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 32th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 37th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 28th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 33th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 45th pct

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

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2015) 5.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 20.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.3% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Zambia	Hakainde Hichilema
Vice-President of Zambia	Mutale Nalumango

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 37 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 57.3 / 100

Global Rank #82 / 180

Rank Change +13 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #90 44.9

Economic #83 42.5

Legal #78 63.9

Social #77 63.6

Safety #101 71.7

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) 0.497

Liberal 0.375

Participatory 0.348

Deliberative 0.412

Egalitarian 0.266

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	57.3	82	44.9	42.5	63.9	63.6	71.7
2024	55.4	95	43.7	35.4	57.9	56.0	83.9
2023	59.4	87	61.8	38.9	56.8	58.1	81.5
2022	55.4	109	52.4	37.8	58.3	64.0	64.6
2021	61.8	115	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	63.0	120	-	-	-	-	86.1
2019	63.6	119	-	-	-	-	86.1
2018	64.6	113	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	63.5	114	-	-	-	-	75.2
2016	64.9	114	-	-	-	-	44.1
2015	65.7	113	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	69.1	93	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.1	72	-	-	-	-	-
2012	30.0	89	-	-	-	-	-
2010	22.0	82	-	-	-	-	-
2009	26.8	97	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.5	74	-	-	-	-	-
2007	21.5	68	-	-	-	-	-
2006	22.5	94	-	-	-	-	-
2005	23.0	90	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index