Political Rights Score in Belarus
Belarus: Political Rights Score was 1 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Belarus, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Belarus is 1, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Belarus peaked at 9 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2024.
That places Belarus 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Belarus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | -22.2% |
| 2004 | 5 | -28.6% |
| 2005 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | -60.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 1 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 4% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 1 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35, 3% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.12 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 2010s | 4.5 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 177 Afghanistan 1 compare
- 177 Central African Republic 1 compare
- 177 Chad 1 compare
- 177 Eritrea 1 compare
- 177 Eswatini 1 compare
- 177 Saudi Arabia 1 compare
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More social development data for Belarus
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 40,794 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 19,462 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0021 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 19,462 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0045 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Belarus?
- Political rights score in Belarus was 1 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2024.
- How does Belarus rank for political rights score?
- Belarus ranks 177th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.