Political Rights Score in Croatia
Croatia: Political Rights Score was 34 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Croatia, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Croatia is 34, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Croatia peaked at 37 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 31, in 2002.
Croatia ranks 60th of 197 countries on this measure, 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 Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 31 | — |
| 2003 | 31 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 34 | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 35 | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 37 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 36 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 35 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 34 | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 34 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 34 | +0.0% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 34 is below the median for high income countries, which is 37, 92% of the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 34 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35, 97% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34 | 31 | 36 | 8 |
| 2010s | 36.3 | 36 | 37 | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.83 | 34 | 36 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More social development data for Croatia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 29,748 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,207 (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 0.0044 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,207 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0077 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 Croatia?
- Political rights score in Croatia was 34 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 37 in 2015.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 in 2002.
- How does Croatia rank for political rights score?
- Croatia ranks 60th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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.