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🇭🇷 Croatia in official data
How Croatia is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.
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Where it stands in the EU
- Early leavers from education and training: Croatia has the lowest value in the EU (2.1 %, 2025).
- Households with internet access: Croatia has the lowest value in the EU (87.9 %, 2025).
- Out-of-pocket spending on healthcare: Croatia has the lowest value in the EU (8.6 %, 2024).
- Patent applications to the European Patent Office: Croatia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (10.3 /million, 2025).
- People reporting pollution in their area: Croatia has the lowest value in the EU (4.2 %, 2023).
- Perceived independence of the justice system: Croatia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (27 %, 2025).
- People reporting crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Croatia has the lowest value in the EU (1.4 %, 2023).
- Scientists and engineers in the labour force: Croatia has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (7.8 %, 2025).
- Housing cost overburden rate: Croatia has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (3.2 %, 2025).
- Premature deaths from fine particulate matter (PM2.5): Croatia has the 3rd highest value in the EU (75 /100k, 2023).
- Disability employment gap: Croatia has the 3rd highest value in the EU (39.7 pp, 2025).
Brain: Education, research & innovation
Eyes: Information & Digital Access
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Households with internet access | 87.9 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| People with at least basic digital skills | 63.4 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| People reading news online | 75.5 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Ears: Civic Participation
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People taking part in active citizenship | 2.9 % | 2022 | Eurostat |
Jaw: Justice & Institutions
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Perceived independence of the justice system | 27 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Neck: Government & Public Administration
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People using online public services | 65.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Heart: Economy & Financial Stability
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Actual individual consumption per capita | 78 EU = 100 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real household disposable income per person | 138.1 2008=100 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP per person | 17,770 € | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government debt | 55.7 % GDP | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left lung: Healthcare
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 78.9 years | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Unmet need for medical care | 1.4 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Out-of-pocket spending on healthcare | 8.6 % | 2024 | Eurostat |
Right lung: Environment & Climate
Stomach: Cost of Living
Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People making ends meet with great difficulty | 3.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat (EU-SILC) |
| At risk of poverty or social exclusion | 20.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Poverty reduction by social transfers | 23.5 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left kidney: Housing
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Housing cost overburden rate | 3.2 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 31.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Severe housing deprivation rate | 2.8 % | 2023 | Eurostat |
Right kidney: Essential Utilities
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Unable to keep the home adequately warm | 4.2 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Arrears on utility bills | 7.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Homes without a bath, shower or indoor toilet | 0.7 % | 2020 | Eurostat |
Left arm: Employment
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Unemployment rate | 4.90 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Employment rate, ages 20–64 | 74.4 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right arm: Job Quality
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Temporary employees | 8.1 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Underemployed part-time workers | 1.0 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate | 7.9 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Usual weekly working hours, full-time employees | 39.9 h/week | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left hand: Youth Opportunities
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Youth unemployment rate | 18.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) | 10.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right hand: Workplace Safety
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Fatal accidents at work | 2.79 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Non-fatal accidents at work | 459 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
Left leg: Roads & Transport
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Road traffic deaths | 6.2 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Public transport share of passenger travel | 17.0 % | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Rail share of passenger travel | 4.0 % | 2024 | Eurostat |
Left foot: Regional Accessibility
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Rural households covered by very high capacity broadband | 54.2 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right foot: Digital Infrastructure
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Households covered by very high capacity broadband | 82.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Households covered by 5G | 97.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People reporting crime, violence or vandalism in their area | 1.4 % | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Deaths due to homicide | 0.60 /100k | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Disability employment gap | 39.7 pp | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Trust in other people | 6.6 /10 | 2025 | Eurostat |
Researched context (not official statistics)
For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:
- Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, students’ social background mattered a little less in Croatia than on average in the OECD: the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students was 82 points in maths, against 93.
- Scientific research outcomes: Research in Croatia is cited far less often than the EU average (25th in the EU), and less of it is co-written with foreign researchers (20th).
- Public voice: CIVICUS, a global civil-society alliance, rates civic space in Croatia as "narrowed": the second-best of its five levels.
- Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Croatia 53rd of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, up from 60th in 2025.
- Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Croatia 46th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 58th for civil justice.
- Court efficiency: Courts in Croatia took an estimated 465 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, down from 533 in 2023, against 124 in the Netherlands, 423 in Spain and 584 in Italy.
- Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Croatia’s government at 68.1 out of 100 in 2025, up from 66.4 in 2023.
- Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Croatia’s roads 13th of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.0 out of 5.
- Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Croatia took 24 minutes on average, close to the EU average of 25.
- Access to services: Most people in Croatia can reach work or study without a car: 81.3% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, well above the EU average of 71.1%.
Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.
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