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Liberal Political Institutions Index in Croatia

Croatia: Liberal Political Institutions Index was 0.871 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.871
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
32nd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.889
in 2022
All-time low
0.019
in 1943
Years of data
85
1941–2025

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Croatia, 1941–2025

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Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Croatia recorded 0.871 for liberal political institutions index in 2025.

That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, liberal political institutions index in Croatia peaked at 0.889 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.019, in 1943.

Croatia ranks 32nd of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 85 years of available data.

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Croatia, year by year

Year Value Change
1941 0.023 —
1942 0.036 +56.5%
1943 0.019 -47.2%
1944 0.019 +0.0%
1945 0.134 +605.3%
1946 0.257 +91.8%
1947 0.25 -2.7%
1948 0.251 +0.4%
1949 0.289 +15.1%
1950 0.314 +8.7%
1951 0.329 +4.8%
1952 0.334 +1.5%
1953 0.345 +3.3%
1954 0.349 +1.2%
1955 0.351 +0.6%
1956 0.351 +0.0%
1957 0.351 +0.0%
1958 0.351 +0.0%
1959 0.351 +0.0%
1960 0.351 +0.0%
1961 0.351 +0.0%
1962 0.351 +0.0%
1963 0.408 +16.2%
1964 0.408 +0.0%
1965 0.42 +2.9%
1966 0.42 +0.0%
1967 0.423 +0.7%
1968 0.423 +0.0%
1969 0.423 +0.0%
1970 0.423 +0.0%
1971 0.423 +0.0%
1972 0.423 +0.0%
1973 0.423 +0.0%
1974 0.439 +3.8%
1975 0.441 +0.5%
1976 0.441 +0.0%
1977 0.441 +0.0%
1978 0.441 +0.0%
1979 0.435 -1.4%
1980 0.437 +0.5%
1981 0.45 +3.0%
1982 0.457 +1.6%
1983 0.457 +0.0%
1984 0.458 +0.2%
1985 0.458 +0.0%
1986 0.458 +0.0%
1987 0.458 +0.0%
1988 0.467 +2.0%
1989 0.435 -6.9%
1990 0.45 +3.4%
1991 0.439 -2.4%
1992 0.437 -0.5%
1993 0.448 +2.5%
1994 0.444 -0.9%
1995 0.448 +0.9%
1996 0.485 +8.3%
1997 0.516 +6.4%
1998 0.51 -1.2%
1999 0.534 +4.7%
2000 0.79 +47.9%
2001 0.799 +1.1%
2002 0.799 +0.0%
2003 0.801 +0.3%
2004 0.785 -2.0%
2005 0.813 +3.6%
2006 0.805 -1.0%
2007 0.801 -0.5%
2008 0.804 +0.4%
2009 0.826 +2.7%
2010 0.859 +4.0%
2011 0.868 +1.0%
2012 0.87 +0.2%
2013 0.85 -2.3%
2014 0.848 -0.2%
2015 0.858 +1.2%
2016 0.852 -0.7%
2017 0.846 -0.7%
2018 0.843 -0.4%
2019 0.839 -0.5%
2020 0.856 +2.0%
2021 0.858 +0.2%
2022 0.889 +3.6%
2023 0.874 -1.7%
2024 0.859 -1.7%
2025 0.871 +1.4%

Croatia compared with similar countries

  • Croatia's 0.871 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.872, 100% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Croatia's 0.871 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8415, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Liberal Political Institutions Index in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1945 +605.3% 0.019 0.134
1946 +91.8% 0.134 0.257
1942 +56.5% 0.023 0.036
2000 +47.9% 0.534 0.79
1943 -47.2% 0.036 0.019

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1940s 0.142 0.019 0.289 9
1950s 0.3426 0.314 0.351 10
1960s 0.3978 0.351 0.423 10
1970s 0.433 0.423 0.441 10
1980s 0.4535 0.435 0.467 10
1990s 0.4711 0.437 0.534 10
2000s 0.8023 0.785 0.826 10
2010s 0.8533 0.839 0.87 10
2020s 0.8678 0.856 0.889 6

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 29 Taiwan 0.886 compare
  2. 30 Mauritius 0.873 compare
  3. 31 Canada 0.872 compare
  4. 32 Portugal 0.871 compare
  5. 34 Italy 0.866 compare
  6. 35 Cyprus 0.861 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is liberal political institutions index in Croatia?
Liberal political institutions index in Croatia was 0.871 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest liberal political institutions index recorded in Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 0.889 in 2022.
What is the lowest liberal political institutions index recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1943.
How does Croatia rank for liberal political institutions index?
Croatia ranks 32nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is liberal political institutions index rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Croatia data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Liberal Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Liberal Political Institutions Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,207 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.