Inflammatory bowel diseases are a chronic disease affecting the younger age group and arestill unclear etiologies that are becoming more common in the world. Due to their chroniccourse, but also the specificity of the symptoms affect the quality of life of patients. The aimof this study was to evaluate the quality of life of people with inflammatory bowel disease andthe impact of certain sociodemographic characteristics on it. The group consisted of 160 people with inflammatory bowel disease who are membersof two non-governmental organizations, the Croatian Crohn΄s Disease and Ulcerative ColitisAssociation (HUCUK) and the Crohn΄s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Association – Osijek(ColonOs). The quality of the life of the respondents, the results were obtained on thesubjective assessment by filling in the General and Relevant Medical Data Questionnaire andthe standardized IBDQ questionnaire. The results show that 140 out of 160 respondents rate their quality of life as mediumor high, while only 20 out of 160 consider them low. Quality of life is statisticallysignificantly related to the gender of the respondents, with the female population assessingtheir quality as lower than that of men. The segments examined by the IBDQ questionnaireshowed that the surveyed population had the worst values in the general condition category,while the most satisfied with the social functioning. Inflammatory bowel diseases, despite the relatively good results of this study, affectnthe quality of life of the diseased. The poor general condition has the greatest impact on them quality of life assessment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Further research isneeded to minimize the low quality of life.