Political Rights Score in Cuba
Cuba: Political Rights Score was 0 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Cuba, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Cuba is 0, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Cuba peaked at 3 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2025.
Cuba ranks 185th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | — |
| 2003 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0 | -100.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 0 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26. (58 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 0 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.38 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8333 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 185 Azerbaijan 0 compare
- 185 Equatorial Guinea 0 compare
- 185 North Korea 0
- 185 Tajikistan 0 compare
- 185 Turkmenistan 0 compare
- 185 Venezuela 0 compare
More social development data for Cuba
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 115 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 29,395 (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 0.0027 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 29,395 (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 (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Cuba?
- Political rights score in Cuba was 0 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2025.
- How does Cuba rank for political rights score?
- Cuba ranks 185th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.