Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo
Congo: Political rights rating fh, gaps filled was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo, 1972–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Congo recorded 7 for political rights rating fh, gaps filled in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo peaked at 7 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 3, in 1992.
Congo ranks 1st of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 7 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7 | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3 | -50.0% |
| 1993 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 1995 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7 | +75.0% |
| 1998 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7 | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 7 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 7 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.6 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
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More social development data for Congo
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 62,500 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13,134 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13,134 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0096 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.722 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo?
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Congo was 7 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 1972.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 1992.
- How does Congo rank for political rights rating fh, gaps filled?
- Congo ranks 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights rating fh, gaps filled rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Political rights rating fh, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Political Rights Rating Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.