Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia
Croatia: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.283 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia, 2009–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 0.283 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia peaked at 0.306 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.2714, in 2021.
That places Croatia 27th out of 39 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.306 | — |
| 2010 | 0.3041 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2995 | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3009 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2949 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2991 | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2913 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2904 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2892 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2845 | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2722 | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 0.278 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2714 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2825 | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.283 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.306 | 0.306 | 0.306 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2926 | 0.2722 | 0.3041 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2787 | 0.2714 | 0.283 | 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: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Croatia was 0.283 in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.306 in 2009.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2714 in 2021.
- How does Croatia rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Croatia ranks 27th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.