Social spending as share of GDP in Croatia
Croatia: Social spending as share of GDP was 0.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Social spending as share of GDP in Croatia, 2008–2021
Source: OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 0.2% for social spending as share of gdp in 2021.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social spending as share of gdp in Croatia peaked at 0.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2008.
Croatia ranks 28th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Social spending as share of GDP in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.2% | — |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More economy & growth data for Croatia
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 15,126 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 13.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.05 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 28,471 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.9296 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 25,196 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.7153 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 19,388 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social spending as share of gdp in Croatia?
- Social spending as share of gdp in Croatia was 0.2% in 2021, according to OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2008.
- How does Croatia rank for social spending as share of gdp?
- Croatia ranks 28th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.