Croatia vs Poland: Electoral democracy

Croatia
2
in 2025
Poland
2
in 2025
Croatia rank
1st
Poland rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Croatia
  • Poland
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 2 against 2 in Poland, a difference of 0.

Across all 82 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Poland Difference Ahead
1940s 0 0.5 0.5 Poland
1950s 0 0.5 0.5 Poland
1960s 0 0.1 0.1 Poland
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0.1 0.1 Poland
1990s 0.8 2 1.2 Poland
2000s 2 2 0
2010s 2 2 0
2020s 2 2 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Croatia or Poland?
Croatia, at 2 against 2 in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Croatia and Poland?
0, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Poland?
82 years are reported by both, from 1944 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Poland rank globally for electoral democracy?
Croatia ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.