Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia
Croatia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 2.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia stood at 2.0%.
The figure is down 14.6% on the previous year and down 78.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia peaked at 10.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1988.
Croatia ranks 94th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.5% | — |
| 2009 | 6.3% | +1142.5% |
| 2010 | 7.9% | +24.5% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 9.4% | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | -20.5% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -37.0% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -23.5% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | +16.8% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -14.6% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 2.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 2.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 77% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +1142.5% | 0.5% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 3.1% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More poverty & inequality data for Croatia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Croatia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Croatia was 2.0% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1988.
- How does Croatia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Croatia ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.