Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia
Croatia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 12.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia, 1988–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia is 12.1%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia peaked at 14.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1988.
That places Croatia 53rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6.4% | — |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +114.6% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 12.1% | +5.6% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 12.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.5%, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 12.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +114.6% | 6.4% | 13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.4% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Croatia was 12.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1988.
- How does Croatia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Croatia ranks 53rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.