Croatia

HRVEurope & Central AsiaHigh incomeCapital: Zagreb
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76/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Croatia in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Croatia· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Croatia

Croatia's GDP is $116.57B (2026), with a population of 3.9M, and GDP per capita of $30,030. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.6%, inflation at 4.4%, unemployment at 4.6%, government debt at 56.5% of GDP, life expectancy of 78.9 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$116.57B2026▲ 9.9%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)2.6%2026▼ 18.8%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$30,0302026▲ 9.7%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$211.02B2026▲ 5.6%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$54,3592026▲ 5.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.10%2026▲ 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$103.95B2025▲ 11.5%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$25,3602025▲ 14.1%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$50,4102025▲ 1.4%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)19.0%2025▼ 1.3%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)60.9%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)2.8%2025▼ 2.2%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)24.3%2025▲ 5.0%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)56.2%2025▼ 1.8%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)24.6%2025▲ 1.1%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)22.1%2024▼ 13.0%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)4.7%2025▲ 4.0%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$103,3322025▲ 3.3%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)10.1%2025▼ 3.2%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)25.6%2022▲ 2.5%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$14,5532021▲ 19.0%WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)8.3%2021▲ 21.4%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-5.0%2025▼ 8.9%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.28%2021▲ 98.7%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.18%2021▲ 303.1%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.7%2021▲ 55.1%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.22%2021▼ 13.8%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$19.91B2025▲ 11.6%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$44,1722025▲ 3.1%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$18,4142025▲ 3.1%WB
▶Financial Markets1 indicator · 2022 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Exchange Rate (per EUR)7.532022▲ 0.1%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary20 indicators · 2014–2026 · IMF / WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)101.0%2025▼ 3.7%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)48.0%2025▼ 4.3%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)53.0%2025▼ 3.2%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$50.40B2025▲ 8.1%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$55.70B2025▲ 9.4%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$28.39B2025▲ 9.1%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$50.61B2025▲ 7.8%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)4.9%2024▲ 25.0%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)3.0%2024▲ 88.1%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$4.54B2024▲ 35.7%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$6.70B2024▲ 10.3%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)7.2%2024▲ 1.6%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)11.7%2024▲ 5.8%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.1%2024▼ 379.6%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.93B2024▼ 403.6%WB
▶External Debt2 indicators · 2010 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.3%2010▼ 6.1%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$150.5M2010▼ 10.9%WB
▶Finance11 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)1242023▲ 496.1%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population3.9M2025▲ 0.3%WB
Population Growth (%)0.3%2025▲ 53.2%WB
Population Density (per km²)692023▲ 0.1%WB
Surface Area (sq km)88,0702023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)55,9602023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)57.8%2025▲ 0.5%WB
Urban Population (total)2.2M2025▲ 0.8%WB
Rural Population (%)42.2%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth78.9 years2024▲ 0.6%WB
Life Expectancy, Male76.1 years2024▲ 0.9%WB
Life Expectancy, Female81.9 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52024▲ 0.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.32024▲ 0.0%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)13.22024▼ 0.8%WB
Net Migration-3,4812025▲ 32.9%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)13.7%2025▼ 1.6%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)62.7%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)23.6%2025▲ 1.8%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)59.5%2025▲ 0.9%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)37.7%2025▲ 2.1%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)21.9%2025▼ 1.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)112.52024▼ 0.8%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)49.12024▲ 0.1%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force1.7M2025▲ 0.1%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)52.1%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)47.4%2025▼ 0.3%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)57.4%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Unemployment (%)5.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Female Unemployment (%)5.1%2025▲ 2.7%WB
Male Unemployment (%)4.9%2025▼ 2.4%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)16.5%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)4.3%2025▼ 3.5%WB
Employment in Industry (%)26.4%2025▼ 1.1%WB
Employment in Services (%)69.3%2025▲ 0.7%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)54.1%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)6.3%2025▼ 5.0%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)87.3%2025▲ 0.4%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)3.9%2024▼ 15.1%WB
Employers (% of total employment)6.4%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)47.5%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)49.5%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)12.7%2025▼ 2.4%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)8.1%2024▼ 18.1%WB
▶Education19 indicators · 2001–2023 · WB
▶Health43 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.1%2023▼ 2.0%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,5482023▲ 16.5%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)6.0%2023▼ 2.6%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)9.4%2023▲ 2.0%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.92022▲ 4.7%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)82022▲ 0.6%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)5.62023▼ 2.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)5.62024▲ 9.8%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)2.82024▲ 0.0%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)32023▼ 50.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)5.32024▲ 12.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)62024▲ 9.1%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)15.3%2021▲ 68.8%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)80.5%2021▼ 6.9%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)4.2%2021▼ 6.1%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)90.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)92.0%2024▼ 1.1%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024▲ 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)72024▼ 21.4%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)35.1%2024▼ 1.1%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)33.6%2024▲ 1.2%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)15.72021▲ 6.9%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)7.72020▼ 10.4%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)76.86167922021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)20.294642192021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)66.802615222021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)4.1212999532024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)5.6463837332024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)2.75066542024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)0.9583827472023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)6.62024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.882024—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)9.09649132022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)912025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)872025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)902025—WHO
Physicians (total)15,4802023▲ 1.4%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel31,3452023▲ 0.3%WHO
Dentists (total)3,7262023▲ 0.8%WHO
Pharmacists (total)3,4222023▼ 0.2%WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)762023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)8.12021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)1548.339599612023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
▶Infrastructure9 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried1.7M2023▲ 18.9%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)0.12023▼ 23.2%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)532,4512024▼ 4.1%WB
Rail Lines (total km)2,6172021▲ 0.0%WB
Rail Passengers Carried (million passenger-km)5402021▲ 20.3%WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)3,1722021▼ 3.3%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.302022▲ 6.5%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.2%2023▼ 65.5%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2016–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption0.182023▲ 23.1%WB
Government Effectiveness0.712023▲ 22.6%WB
Political Stability0.62023▼ 11.1%WB
Regulatory Quality0.642023▲ 28.1%WB
Rule of Law0.362023▼ 2.0%WB
Voice & Accountability0.572023▼ 7.6%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)59.9%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)75.5%2023▲ 7.4%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)59.4%2023▼ 2.3%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)67.8%2023▼ 2.3%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.8%2024▲ 5.1%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$1.63B2024▲ 13.2%WB
Armed Forces Personnel20,0002020▲ 11.1%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.2%2020▲ 11.8%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)3.8%2024▲ 2.2%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.72023▼ 15.9%WB
▶Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
▶Social Protection8 indicators · 2014–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Social Insurance Coverage (%)52.6%2014▼ 6.7%—
Social Assistance Coverage (%)27.5%2014▲ 33.9%—
Labor Market Programs Coverage (%)5.1%2014▼ 4.3%—
Social Protection Coverage (%)71.1%2014▲ 0.8%—
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.712020▼ 2.7%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.742020▼ 1.8%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.682020▼ 3.5%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School10.4 years2020▼ 3.4%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals21.6M2020▼ 64.0%WB
International Tourism, Departures678,0002020▼ 80.6%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$5.63B2020▼ 53.0%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$789.7M2020▼ 56.4%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)23.4%2020▼ 38.4%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$63.0M2020▼ 71.5%WB
▶Urban Development7 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)0.8%2025▲ 20.5%WB
Population in Largest City684,3592025▲ 0.0%WB
Population in Largest City (% of urban)30.5%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.5%2022▲ 110.8%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.4%2025▲ 5.2%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)87.3%2024▲ 0.1%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)74.7%2021▼ 0.2%WHO