Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Croatia
Croatia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 2.7% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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
Croatia recorded 2.7% for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.8% on the previous year and down 81.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Croatia peaked at 15.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2023.
That places Croatia 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 $10 a day in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2.9% | — |
| 2009 | 9.8% | +238.1% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | +20.8% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 14.1% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -31.4% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | -28.9% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -22.8% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 2.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.8%, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 2.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.0%, 66% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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 | +238.1% | 2.9% | 9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 4.9% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More reference data data for Croatia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2598 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1516 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1326 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8711 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5399 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6476 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7218 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Croatia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Croatia was 2.7% 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 $10 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2023.
- How does Croatia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Croatia ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.1%. 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 $10 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 $10 per day.