Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey
Turkey: Political rights rating fh, gaps filled was 5 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey, 1972–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Turkey recorded 5 for political rights rating fh, gaps filled in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey peaked at 5 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2, in 1973.
Turkey ranks 64th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3 | — |
| 1973 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5 | +150.0% |
| 1981 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 1985 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3 | +50.0% |
| 1990 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4 | +100.0% |
| 1994 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2003 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 5 | +0.0% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 5 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3, 1.7× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 5 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2, 2.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.12 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1980s | 3.5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
- 64 Bangladesh 5 compare
- 64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 compare
- 64 Cote d'Ivoire 5 compare
- 64 Comoros 5 compare
- 64 Iraq 5 compare
- 64 Jordan 5 compare
- 64 Lebanon 5 compare
- 64 Morocco 5 compare
- 64 Madagascar 5 compare
- 64 Mozambique 5 compare
- 64 Mauritania 5 compare
- 64 Pakistan 5 compare
- 64 El Salvador 5 compare
- 64 USSR 5 compare
More social development data for Turkey
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.39 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,405 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (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 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,405 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0278 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 -18.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey?
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Turkey was 5 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 1980.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 1973.
- How does Turkey rank for political rights rating fh, gaps filled?
- Turkey ranks 64th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights rating fh, gaps filled rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.