SOUTHEAST EUROPE

Croatia

Zagreb · pop. 4M · Croatian · euro

Trajectories

economic complexity

#31

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · 0.82

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	0.73
1996	0.76	+0.03 pts
1997	0.69	−0.07 pts
1998	0.67	−0.03 pts
1999	0.66	−0.01 pts
2000	0.67	+0.01 pts
2001low	0.65	−0.02 pts
2002	0.68	+0.03 pts
2003	0.68	0 pts
2004	0.72	+0.04 pts
2005	0.75	+0.03 pts
2006	0.75	0 pts
2007	0.73	−0.01 pts
2008	0.82	+0.08 pts
2009	0.76	−0.05 pts
2010	0.80	+0.03 pts
2011	0.82	+0.03 pts
2012	0.86	+0.04 pts
2013	0.87	0 pts
2014	0.81	−0.05 pts
2015	0.83	+0.01 pts
2016	0.85	+0.02 pts
2017	0.85	0 pts
2018	0.87	+0.02 pts
2019	0.88	+0.01 pts
2020	0.87	−0.01 pts
2021	0.87	+0.01 pts
2022high	0.92	+0.04 pts
2023	0.84	−0.07 pts
2024latest	0.82	−0.02 pts

economic momentum

$24.1K

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $24.1K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	$5,369
1991	$4,001	−25.5%
1992low	$2,321	−42.0%
1993	$2,448	+5.4%
1994	$3,238	+32.3%
1995	$4,929	+52.2%
1996	$5,300	+7.5%
1997	$5,331	+0.6%
1998	$5,713	+7.2%
1999	$5,269	−7.8%
2000	$4,954	−6.0%
2001	$5,365	+8.3%
2002	$6,220	+15.9%
2003	$8,190	+31.7%
2004	$9,719	+18.7%
2005	$10.4K	+7.5%
2006	$11.5K	+10.1%
2007	$13.8K	+19.6%
2008	$15.9K	+15.5%
2009	$14.5K	−8.9%
2010	$13.7K	−5.1%
2011	$14.7K	+7.0%
2012	$13.5K	−8.1%
2013	$14.1K	+4.6%
2014	$14.2K	+0.4%
2015	$12.3K	−13.4%
2016	$12.8K	+4.4%
2017	$13.9K	+8.4%
2018	$15.5K	+11.2%
2019	$15.6K	+0.7%
2020	$14.8K	−4.9%
2021	$17.8K	+20.1%
2022	$18.5K	+3.8%
2023	$22.2K	+20.1%
2024latest	$24.1K	+8.4%

prices

3.0%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 3.0%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	500%
1991	122%	−378 pts
1992	625%	+503 pts
1993high	1,500%	+875 pts
1994	107%	−1393 pts
1995	4.0%	−103 pts
1996	4.3%	+0.35 pts
1997	4.2%	−0.13 pts
1998	6.4%	+2.23 pts
1999	4.0%	−2.38 pts
2000	4.6%	+0.59 pts
2001	3.8%	−0.83 pts
2002	1.7%	−2.10 pts
2003	1.8%	+0.10 pts
2004	2.1%	+0.29 pts
2005	3.3%	+1.26 pts
2006	3.2%	−0.13 pts
2007	2.9%	−0.29 pts
2008	6.1%	+3.18 pts
2009	2.4%	−3.70 pts
2010	1.0%	−1.35 pts
2011	2.3%	+1.24 pts
2012	3.4%	+1.14 pts
2013	2.2%	−1.20 pts
2014	−0.2%	−2.43 pts
2015	−0.5%	−0.25 pts
2016low	−1.1%	−0.66 pts
2017	1.1%	+2.25 pts
2018	1.5%	+0.37 pts
2019	0.8%	−0.73 pts
2020	0.2%	−0.62 pts
2021	2.6%	+2.40 pts
2022	10.8%	+8.23 pts
2023	7.9%	−2.84 pts
2024latest	3.0%	−4.97 pts

demographic curve

1.5 children per woman

Below replacement: shrinking in the long run unless migration offsets it.

2024 · 1.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960high	2.2
1961	2.2	−0.9%
1962	2.2	−1.2%
1963	2.1	−2.1%
1964	2.1	−0.1%
1965	2.2	+3.8%
1966	2.2	+0.1%
1967	2.1	−5.6%
1968	2.0	−3.6%
1969	2.0	−3.7%
1970	1.9	−3.5%
1971	2.0	+4.9%
1972	2.0	+1.7%
1973	2.0	+0.3%
1974	2.0	−1.5%
1975	2.0	−1.6%
1976	1.9	−0.8%
1977	1.9	+0.6%
1978	2.0	+0.4%
1979	1.9	−0.4%
1980	1.9	−0.8%
1981	1.9	−0.3%
1982	1.9	−1.3%
1983	1.9	−1.1%
1984	1.9	−0.5%
1985	1.8	−2.7%
1986	1.8	−3.3%
1987	1.6	−6.8%
1988	1.8	+9.1%
1989	1.6	−8.9%
1990	1.6	0.0%
1991	1.5	−6.1%
1992	1.5	−3.3%
1993	1.5	+2.7%
1994	1.5	−3.3%
1995	1.6	+7.5%
1996	1.7	+5.7%
1997	1.7	+1.2%
1998	1.4	−14.2%
1999low	1.4	−4.8%
2000	1.4	+0.7%
2001	1.5	+5.0%
2002	1.4	−2.7%
2003	1.4	−0.7%
2004	1.4	+1.4%
2005	1.5	+4.9%
2006	1.5	−2.0%
2007	1.5	+0.7%
2008	1.5	−0.7%
2009	1.5	+2.0%
2010	1.5	−2.7%
2011	1.4	−3.4%
2012	1.5	+7.8%
2013	1.5	−3.9%
2014	1.5	0.0%
2015	1.4	−3.4%
2016	1.4	+1.4%
2017	1.4	−0.7%
2018	1.5	+3.5%
2019	1.5	0.0%
2020	1.5	+0.7%
2021	1.6	+9.5%
2022	1.5	−5.6%
2023	1.5	−4.6%
2024latest	1.5	0.0%

Metrics

population

4M

127 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$86B

74 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$22,184

46 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$1B

69 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

1.7%

64 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

57K km²

127 of 176

REST Countries
population density

70.2 /km²

88 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

78.5 yr

40 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

83%

76 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

4.8 t

47 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

58%

103 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.5

119 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

14%

32 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

7.2%

37 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

1.4%

30 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

2,440

35 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

5.7K

54 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

12%

46 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

30.1

31 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

16%

101 of 166

ILO via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.59

41 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

47

54 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

27.9

48 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.889

34 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

29K

72 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

18K

44 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data