Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Croatia
Croatia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 65.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Croatia, 1988–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 65.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Croatia peaked at 89.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 65.5%, in 2021.
That places Croatia 86th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 89.3% | — |
| 2009 | 81.6% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 85.2% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 89.6% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 88.2% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 86.3% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 83.2% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 76.6% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 72.7% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 68.8% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 65.5% | -4.7% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 65.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 65.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89.3% | 89.3% | 89.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 81.6% | 81.6% | 81.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 83.7% | 72.7% | 89.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.1% | 65.5% | 68.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More poverty & inequality data for Croatia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Croatia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Croatia was 65.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.5% in 2021.
- How does Croatia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Croatia ranks 86th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.