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Croatia

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Zagreb

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

78.9years

Ranks 59 of 217 in 2024

6% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

5.6per 1,000 live births

Ranks 46 of 196 in 2024

63% below world median · 44% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

3per 100,000 live births

Ranks 6 of 194 in 2023

94% below world median · 50% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

7.15% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

13% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.46births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

23% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2001 · 25 years old

98.2% of adults 15+

Ranks 8 of 30 in 2001

8% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 30 countries reporting in 2001 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

101.2% gross

Ranks 73 of 166 in 2023

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2021 · 5 years old

4.09% of GDP

Ranks 92 of 168 in 2021

4% below world median · 12% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 168 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

27,104current US$

Ranks 46 of 186 in 2025

2.4× above world median · 2% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

50,946international $

Ranks 44 of 185 in 2025

1.5× above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.3% of population

Ranks 16 of 57 in 2023

67% below world median · 25% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

30.1index, 0–100

Ranks 17 of 57 in 2023

11% below world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

5.0% of labour force

Ranks 87 of 182 in 2025

about the same world median · 10% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

3.7% per year

Not ranked — no better end

21% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.79% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

13% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

87.3% of population

Ranks 67 of 148 in 2024

8% above world median · 10% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

83.6% of population

Ranks 85 of 182 in 2024

about the same world median · 9% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

4.83t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

89% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

3.9mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

41% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Croatia has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.