Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Croatia
Croatia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3011 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Croatia, 1988–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Croatia stood at 0.3011.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Croatia peaked at 0.3255 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.2278, in 1988.
That places Croatia 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.2278 | — |
| 2009 | 0.3255 | +42.9% |
| 2010 | 0.3237 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3225 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.3247 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3199 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.321 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3111 | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.309 | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3035 | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2973 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2891 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2954 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.289 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3002 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.3011 | +0.3% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 0.3011 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 94% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 0.3011 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +42.9% | 0.2278 | 0.3255 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2278 | 0.2278 | 0.2278 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3255 | 0.3255 | 0.3255 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.3122 | 0.2891 | 0.3247 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2964 | 0.289 | 0.3011 | 4 |
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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Croatia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Croatia was 0.3011 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3255 in 2009.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2278 in 1988.
- How does Croatia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Croatia ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.