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Croatia
Population:
Total population of Croatia is 4,154,213 by 1st January 2017. 12,99% of the population are foreigners. (Eurostat).
The median age of Croatians is 42.38 which is slightly more than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties:
The most recent parliamentary elections were held in September 2016. The prominent parties, vote shares in these elections and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Croatian Democratic Union |
35.17 |
Christian democracy |
|
Social Democratic Party of Croatia |
32.18 |
Social democracy |
|
Human Shield |
5.92 |
Right-wing |
|
Istrian Democratic Assembly |
2.18 |
Liberal |
|
Milan Bandic 365 -- The Party of Labour and Solidarity |
3.84 |
Social democracy |
|
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja |
1.19 |
Right-wing |
|
Bridge of Independent Lists |
9.43 |
Conservative |
Electoral system:
The system used in Croatia is List PR in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives. The voter turnout in 2016 election was 52.59 % (idea.int)
Quality of Democracy
Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1,5 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Croatia is ranked 57th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 49 out of 100.
Gender Equality
Currently, 13% of the parliament members are women. Croatia has legislated candidate quotas for women candidates (idea.int).