ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Croatia

Croatia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 86 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
86 %
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
14th
of 72 countries
All-time high
86.8 %
in 2007
All-time low
47.7 %
in 2004
Years of data
23
2002–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Croatia, 2002–2024

0204060802002201320242002: 54.1 %2003: 76.4 %2004: 47.7 %2005: 84.6 %2006: 83.1 %2007: 86.8 %2008: 70 %2009: 78.5 %2010: 82.8 %2011: 82.8 %2012: 72.3 %2013: 74.5 %2014: 78 %2015: 77.4 %2016: 80.5 %2017: 84 %2018: 85 %2019: 84.3 %2020: 84.7 %2021: 84.8 %2022: 85.6 %2023: 86.8 %2024: 86 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

Croatia recorded 86 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Croatia peaked at 86.8 % in 2007 and was at its lowest, 47.7 %, in 2004.

That places Croatia 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Croatia, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value in Croatia, 2002 to 2024.
Year % Change
2002 54.1 %
2003 76.4 % +41.2%
2004 47.7 % -37.6%
2005 84.6 % +77.4%
2006 83.1 % -1.8%
2007 86.8 % +4.5%
2008 70 % -19.4%
2009 78.5 % +12.1%
2010 82.8 % +5.5%
2011 82.8 % +0.0%
2012 72.3 % -12.7%
2013 74.5 % +3.0%
2014 78 % +4.7%
2015 77.4 % -0.8%
2016 80.5 % +4.0%
2017 84 % +4.3%
2018 85 % +1.2%
2019 84.3 % -0.8%
2020 84.7 % +0.5%
2021 84.8 % +0.1%
2022 85.6 % +0.9%
2023 86.8 % +1.4%
2024 86 % -0.9%

Croatia compared with similar countries

  • Croatia's 86 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.45 %, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
  • Croatia's 86 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83.8 %, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of 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.

YearChange FromTo
2005 +77.4% 47.7 % 84.6 %
2003 +41.2% 54.1 % 76.4 %
2004 -37.6% 76.4 % 47.7 %

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 72.65 % 47.7 % 86.8 % 8
2010s 80.16 % 72.3 % 85 % 10
2020s 85.58 % 84.7 % 86.8 % 5

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 11 Lithuania 87.2 % compare
  2. 12 Estonia 87 % compare
  3. 13 Sweden 86.7 % compare
  4. 14 Cyprus 86 % compare
  5. 16 Slovenia 85 % compare
  6. 17 Latvia 84.9 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Croatia?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Croatia was 86 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 86.8 % in 2007.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 47.7 % in 2004.
How does Croatia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Croatia ranks 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Croatia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,462 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.