Croatia
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 3.9M (2025). World rank 130 of 216; in Europe, 27 of 48. Area: 56,594 km². World rank 128 of 249; in Europe, 25 of 52. Life expectancy: 78.9 years (2024). World rank 58 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 32 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 4.2M → 3.9M, GDP $51B → $105.1B, and GDP per person $12,284 → $27,104.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Croatia
- Local name
- Hrvatska
- Capital
- Zagreb
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Zoran Milanović
- Head of government
- Andrej Plenković
- Independence
- June 25, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 33.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 3,876,200 2025
- Area
- 56,594 km²
- GDP
- $105.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $27,104 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Croatian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +385
- Emergency numbers
- 93, 94, 112, 192
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 5,835
- Neighbours
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
- Agricultural land
- 26.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Dinara, 1,831 m
- Lowest point
- Adriatic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 331
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 11
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 23°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,113 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 68.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 57.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -3.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 13.6% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 13.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 62.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 23.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 76.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 13.2 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 79%, no religion 6.4%, other Christian 4.8%, Orthodox 3.3%, and Muslim 1.3% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 65.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 50.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 68.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 63 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 71.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $50,946 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $25,360 2025
- Inflation
- +3.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 53 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.8% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 19% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 60.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 16.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 47.4% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 48% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 53% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 6.9% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 21.2% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 30.1 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.3% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.2% 2001
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 105% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 81.2% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.1% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.2% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,548 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 9.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.9 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 8 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 5.6 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 5.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 3 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 64.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 34.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 95.8% 2021
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 97% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 15.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 77.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 15.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 34.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 24.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 9,778 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 83.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 122 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 29.6 2024
- Internet domain
- .hr
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,630 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 34.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 69.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 26.5% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,670,012 2023
- Airports
- 45 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,617 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.4% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 2,440 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 5,504 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 62 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 11.7% 2024