Historical ratings Year Political Rights Civil Liberties Status President2 1991 3 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1992 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1993 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1994 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1995 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1996 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1997 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1998 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 1999 4 4 Partly Free Franjo Tuđman 2000 2 3 Free Franjo Tuđman 2001 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2002 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2003 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2004 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2005 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2006 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2007 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2008 2 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2009 1 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2010 1 2 Free Stjepan Mesić 2011 1 2 Free Ivo Josipović 2012 1 2 Free Ivo Josipović 2013 1 2 Free Ivo Josipović 2014 1 2 Free Ivo Josipović 2015 1 2 Free Ivo Josipović 2016 1 2 Free Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2017 1 2 Free Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2018 1 2 Free Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2019 1 2 Free Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2020 1 2 Free Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović 2021 1 2 Free Zoran Milanović