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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

🇪🇹Ethiopia

Rank #41
Score: 72
About Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is an Ethiopian public health scientist and diplomat who served as Ethiopia's Minister of Health (2005–2012) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2016) before becoming Director-General of the World Health Organization (2017–). His national service emphasized health systems strengthening and malaria control; internationally he has led major global health initiatives.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
~0.459 → 0.485 (national trend)7/10
Source: UNDP Human Development Report (Ethiopia) (2022)
GDP per capita
~$800 → (growth/variability)6/10
Source: World Bank — GDP per capita (Ethiopia) (2022)
Gini coefficient
~0.33–0.354/10
Source: World Bank — GINI index (Ethiopia) (2021)
Employment rate
~employment-to-population ~60%4/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Employment to population ratio (Ethiopia) (2022)
Freedom index
Mixed scores; civil liberties concerns at times4/10
Source: Freedom House — Ethiopia (2023)
Corruption index
CPI approx. 28–323/5
Source: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2023/index/eth (2026)

Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded; controversies in international media but no convictions20/20
Source: N/A (2026)