At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia
Croatia: At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents was 24.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia, 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia stood at 24.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.4% on the previous year and down 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia peaked at 63.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 2022.
That places Croatia 35th out of 44 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38.1% | — |
| 2011 | 41.7% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 33.3% | -20.1% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 23.1% | -33.8% |
| 2015 | 43.6% | +88.7% |
| 2016 | 32.2% | -26.1% |
| 2017 | 63.2% | +96.3% |
| 2018 | 59.6% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 32.8% | -45.0% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | -47.3% |
| 2023 | 27.9% | +66.1% |
| 2024 | 35.5% | +27.2% |
| 2025 | 24.7% | -30.4% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 24.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 29.6%, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 24.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 28.8%, 86% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.2% | 23.1% | 63.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.0% | 16.8% | 35.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More population data for Croatia
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.8211 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -3.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.8211 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.8996 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.7685 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.8% (2100)
- Population density 38.27 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 79,027 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.8% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate -0.1857 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia?
- At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents in Croatia was 24.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 63.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 2022.
- How does Croatia rank for at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents?
- Croatia ranks 35th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents (population aged 0 to 17). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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