After the death, Ribar was at first secretly buried in the village of Gornji Ribnik near Ključ on 30 November 1943.
His body was exhumed in 1948 and reburied at the Tomb of People's Heroes at the Belgrade Fortress.
He was posthumously proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia on 18 November 1944.

Ivo Lola Ribar became an iconic figure in post-World War II Communist Yugoslavia.
Many streets, schools and factories were named after him.
Croatian producer of medical supplies and sanitary products from Karlovac is named after him.
A brand of scooters was named after him.
The Ivo Lola Ribar Institute in Belgrade is named after him.
The Filipović Drive in Zagreb used to be named after him until 1991.
Several streets in Croatian cities such as Rijeka, Valpovo, Novi Banovci and since 2009 Zagreb are named after him.

Rock band Korni Grupa released a single "Ivo Lola" in 1973 which tells a story about the last letter of Lola Ribar sent to his fiancé Sloboda Trajković.
After the death, Ribar was at first secretly buried in the village of Gornji Ribnik near Ključ on 30 November 1943. His body was exhumed in 1948 and reburied at the Tomb of People's Heroes at the Belgrade Fortress. He was posthumously proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia on 18 November 1944.
Ivo Lola Ribar became an iconic figure in post-World War II Communist Yugoslavia. Many streets, schools and factories were named after him. Croatian producer of medical supplies and sanitary products from Karlovac is named after him. A brand of scooters was named after him. The Ivo Lola Ribar Institute in Belgrade is named after him. The Filipović Drive in Zagreb used to be named after him until 1991. Several streets in Croatian cities such as Rijeka, Valpovo, Novi Banovci and since 2009 Zagreb are named after him.
Rock band Korni Grupa released a single "Ivo Lola" in 1973 which tells a story about the last letter of Lola Ribar sent to his fiancé Sloboda Trajković.
Ivo Lola Ribar