Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia
Croatia: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 12.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia, 1988–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia is 12.1%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia peaked at 14.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1988.
Croatia ranks 57th of 130 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6.4% | — |
| 1998 | 8.3% | +29.7% |
| 1999 | 7.8% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 10.1% | +29.5% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 8.0% | -23.1% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +52.2% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13.9% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 14.1% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 12.1% | +5.2% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 12.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 12.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.0%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 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 | +52.2% | 9.0% | 13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.1% | 7.8% | 8.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.2% | 8.0% | 13.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.4% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 11.0% | 12.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More infrastructure data for Croatia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 4.72 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 121.73 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.10 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 28.46 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.2853 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -8.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.10 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.22 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Croatia was 12.1% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1988.
- How does Croatia rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Croatia ranks 57th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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