Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia
Croatia: Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax was 8.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia, 1984–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 8.4% for income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia peaked at 9.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1988.
Croatia ranks 90th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 3.8% | — |
| 1985 | 3.9% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3.9% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 3.7% | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 3.7% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 4.4% | +19.9% |
| 1998 | 6.6% | +49.3% |
| 1999 | 6.6% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 6.4% | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 6.7% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 8.2% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 8.6% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 8.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.2% | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 8.4% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 5.9% | 4.4% | 6.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 3 |
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More economy & growth data for Croatia
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6093 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 16,514 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.5392 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 14,614 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.4024 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,907 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant LCU), per capita 10,844 constant LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia?
- Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax in Croatia was 8.4% in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income share of the richest 1% before and after tax recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest income share of the richest 1% before and after tax recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1988.
- How does Croatia rank for income share of the richest 1% before and after tax?
- Croatia ranks 90th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income share of the richest 1% before and after tax rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income share of the richest 1% before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of income received by the richest 1% of the population. Income here is measured after taxes and benefits.