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Government debt in Croatia

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Croatia's government debt is 56.30 % — #65 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

56.30%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Croatia over time

86.50 %54.90 %23.30 %86.50 % · 202023.30 % · 19981998: 23.30 %1999: 30.00 %2000: 35.40 %2001: 36.60 %2002: 36.50 %2003: 37.80 %2004: 40.00 %2005: 40.90 %2006: 38.40 %2007: 37.10 %2008: 38.90 %2009: 47.90 %2010: 56.80 %2011: 63.10 %2012: 68.90 %2013: 79.50 %2014: 83.20 %2015: 82.80 %2016: 79.30 %2017: 76.20 %2018: 72.80 %2019: 70.90 %2020: 86.50 %2021: 78.20 %2022: 68.50 %2023: 60.90 %2024: 57.40 %2025: 56.30 %19982012202556.30 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#65 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
48 %
60 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
30.20 pp
peak 86.50 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 33.00 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #20 of 37vs median 54.70 %: +1.60 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Croatia: ahead of 48 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtCroatia 56.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Croatia is ahead of 48 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Croatia
63 New Zealand54.70 %−1.60 pp
64 Cyprus55.00 %−1.30 pp
65 Croatia56.30 %—
66 Panama56.60 %+0.30 pp
67 Dominican Republic59.00 %+2.70 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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