🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe ZW / ZWE #60

Nomad Score 48.0

Cities 8

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Southern Africa

Currency ZWL

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 22/100

Press Freedom (2025) 52.1/100 #106

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.268

HDI 0.598

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Zimbabwe	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Vice President of Zimbabwe	Constantino Chiwenga

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 22 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

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

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 52.1 / 100

Global Rank #106 / 180

Rank Change +10 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #126 36.7

Economic #107 38.5

Legal #110 54.2

Social #118 52.4

Safety #87 78.8

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) 0.268

Liberal 0.147

Participatory 0.202

Deliberative 0.220

Egalitarian 0.135

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	52.1	106	36.7	38.5	54.2	52.4	78.8
2024	50.3	116	37.0	40.6	52.8	52.7	68.5
2023	48.2	126	42.1	37.6	57.4	60.8	43.0
2022	44.9	137	40.3	32.4	54.2	54.5	43.3
2021	56.9	130	-	-	-	-	65.3
2020	59.1	126	-	-	-	-	73.6
2019	57.8	127	-	-	-	-	76.0
2018	59.5	126	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	58.6	128	-	-	-	-	61.5
2016	59.6	124	-	-	-	-	25.8
2015	60.8	131	-	-	-	-	68.2
2014	60.8	135	-	-	-	-	-
2013	61.9	133	-	-	-	-	-
2012	55.0	121	-	-	-	-	-
2010	39.5	123	-	-	-	-	-
2009	46.5	136	-	-	-	-	-
2008	54.0	151	-	-	-	-	-
2007	62.0	149	-	-	-	-	-
2006	50.0	140	-	-	-	-	-
2005	64.3	153	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index