The village is administered as a part of the City of Pleternica.

Started with Croatia, Austro-Hungarian Kingdom (biggest part of history), Turkey (switched possession back and forth with Austro-Hungarian Kingdom), Yugoslavia (20th century) and now, in present days, Croatia again.

Except for a few old local families, most of the people moved into Ratkovica from other areas of Balkan: Central Bosnia, Serbia, Podravina, Zagorje etc.

Now only a few people work in neighboring cities, some in foreign countries and many are on welfare.

This Požega-Slavonia County geography article is a stub.