Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Croatia
Croatia: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 33.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Croatia, 2009–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 33.1% for reduction in income inequality before and after tax in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Croatia peaked at 39.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.1%, in 2023.
Croatia ranks 22nd of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.0% | 36.0% | 36.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 36.4% | 39.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.5% | 33.1% | 37.0% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 38.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.074 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 30.1% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0777 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0777 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0966 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1354 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Croatia?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Croatia was 33.1% in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1% in 2023.
- How does Croatia rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Croatia ranks 22nd out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. 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 Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.