🇭🇷 Croatia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇭🇷 Croatia HR / HRV #124

Nomad Score 64.0

Cities 29

Region European Union, Balkans, Mediterranean, Slavic Countries, Danube Region, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Nomad Retreats, Adriatic, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 47/100

Press Freedom (2025) 64.2/100 #60

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.686

HDI 0.889

Regional Blocs EU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.9/100k

Military Spending (2024) 1.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Croatia	Zoran Milanović
Prime Minister of Croatia	Andrej Plenković

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 47 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 64.2 / 100

Global Rank #60 / 180

Rank Change -12 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #61 54.2

Economic #75 44.1

Legal #46 73.5

Social #90 60.2

Safety #47 89.0

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.686

Liberal 0.593

Participatory 0.459

Deliberative 0.499

Egalitarian 0.543

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	64.2	60	54.2	44.1	73.5	60.2	89.0
2024	68.8	48	57.8	49.4	78.1	68.9	89.7
2023	72.0	42	67.6	51.1	81.8	74.6	84.7
2022	70.4	48	68.3	50.5	79.2	76.1	78.1
2021	72.1	56	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	71.5	59	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	71.0	64	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	71.1	69	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	70.4	74	-	-	-	-	83.9
2016	72.1	63	-	-	-	-	47.6
2015	73.9	58	-	-	-	-	75.2
2014	73.2	65	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.4	64	-	-	-	-	-
2012	23.3	68	-	-	-	-	-
2010	17.5	63	-	-	-	-	-
2009	17.2	78	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.5	45	-	-	-	-	-
2007	12.5	41	-	-	-	-	-
2006	13.0	54	-	-	-	-	-
2005	12.8	56	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index