Croatia vs Romania: Democracy
Croatia
6
in 2025
Romania
6
in 2025
Croatia rank
42nd
Romania rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Croatia
- Romania
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 6 against 6 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1941 it was Romania ahead.
Croatia ranks 42nd and Romania ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Romania |
| 1970s | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Romania |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2.5 | 5.4 | 2.9 | Romania |
| 2000s | 6.6 | 6 | 0.6 | Croatia |
| 2010s | 6.4 | 6 | 0.4 | Croatia |
| 2020s | 6.33 | 6 | 0.3333 | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Croatia or Romania?
- Croatia, at 6 against 6 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Croatia and Romania?
- 0, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Romania?
- 85 years are reported by both, from 1941 to 2025.
- How do Croatia and Romania rank globally for democracy?
- Croatia ranks 42nd and Romania ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.