Public and private social expenditure in Croatia
Croatia: Public and private social expenditure was 22.48 Percentage of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising
Public and private social expenditure in Croatia, 2008–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, public and private social expenditure in Croatia stood at 22.48 Percentage of GDP.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public and private social expenditure in Croatia peaked at 23.5 Percentage of GDP in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.5 Percentage of GDP, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.31 Percentage of GDP | 19.5 Percentage of GDP | 21.12 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
| 2010s | 20.57 Percentage of GDP | 20.14 Percentage of GDP | 21.22 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.99 Percentage of GDP | 22.48 Percentage of GDP | 23.5 Percentage of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More social development data for Croatia
- Social expenditure aggregates 22.48 Percentage of GDP (2021)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 36,058 National currency (2024)
- Annual government non-financial accounts and key indicators (Revenue) 11,355 National currency (2025)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) — Net 12,461 National currency (2024)
- Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 5,544 National currency (2024)
- Quarterly non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 13,152 National currency (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public and private social expenditure in Croatia?
- Public and private social expenditure in Croatia was 22.48 Percentage of GDP in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest public and private social expenditure recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.5 Percentage of GDP in 2020.
- What is the lowest public and private social expenditure recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.5 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- How does Croatia rank for public and private social expenditure?
- Croatia ranks 1st out of 3 groups with data for 2021.
- Is public and private social expenditure rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Public and private social expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.