Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia
Croatia: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social was 28.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia stood at 28.7%.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia peaked at 35.1% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2007.
That places Croatia 49th out of 127 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.5% | — |
| 2001 | 33.4% | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 35.1% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 31.9% | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 30.2% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 30.8% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 28.3% | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 29.2% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 30.7% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 30.1% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 31.1% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 30.9% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 31.3% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 31.9% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 30.7% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 29.9% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 28.6% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 28.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.0% | 28.3% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 29.9% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.7% | 28.6% | 29.0% | 3 |
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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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Croatia was 28.7% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.1% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2007.
- How does Croatia rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Croatia ranks 49th out of 127 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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