Political Rights Score in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Political Rights Score was 5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Kazakhstan, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, political rights score in Kazakhstan stood at 5. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Kazakhstan peaked at 10 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2016.
Kazakhstan ranks 155th 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 Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 10 | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 7 | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 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% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 5 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 19% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 5 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35, 14% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.38 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.6 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More social development data for Kazakhstan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,377 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,144 (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 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,144 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 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 Kazakhstan?
- Political rights score in Kazakhstan was 5 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 10 in 2005.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2016.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for political rights score?
- Kazakhstan ranks 155th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.