At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia
Croatia: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) was 27.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 27.6% for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia peaked at 36.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 27.6%, in 2025.
Croatia ranks 42nd of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34.2% | — |
| 2011 | 36.1% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 36.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 36.8% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 35.7% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 36.2% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 35.0% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 33.8% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 34.0% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 32.6% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 29.9% | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 30.2% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 29.7% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 27.6% | -7.1% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 27.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31.8%, 87% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 27.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 31.9%, 87% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.0% | 32.6% | 36.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.1% | 27.6% | 31.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More poverty & inequality data for Croatia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.47 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,914 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 38.01 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.0% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Croatia was 27.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 36.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.6% in 2025.
- How does Croatia rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in)?
- Croatia ranks 42nd out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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