Political Rights Score in Colombia
Colombia: Political Rights Score was 31 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Colombia, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Colombia is 31, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Colombia peaked at 31 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 23, in 2002.
That places Colombia 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 23 | — |
| 2003 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 24 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 26 | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27 | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 29 | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 31 | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 31 | +0.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 31 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 31 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33, 94% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.62 | 23 | 26 | 8 |
| 2010s | 28.3 | 27 | 29 | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.33 | 29 | 31 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More social development data for Colombia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,464 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 79,669 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0015 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 79,669 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 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 Colombia?
- Political rights score in Colombia was 31 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 31 in 2022.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 in 2002.
- How does Colombia rank for political rights score?
- Colombia ranks 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.