Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia
Croatia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 56.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia, 1988–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 56.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia peaked at 91.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 56.8%, in 2023.
Croatia ranks 90th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 90.8% | — |
| 2009 | 83.9% | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 87.2% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 88.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 89.3% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 91.1% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 89.2% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 84.9% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 82.8% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 79.1% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 75.4% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 71.6% | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 68.3% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 67.7% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 56.8% | -16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 90.8% | 90.8% | 90.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 83.9% | 83.9% | 83.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 85.5% | 75.4% | 91.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.1% | 56.8% | 71.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More poverty & inequality data for Croatia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Croatia was 56.8% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.8% in 2023.
- How does Croatia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Croatia ranks 90th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.