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Government debt in Croatia

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Croatia's government debt is 55.90 % — #65 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

55.90%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 55.90 %19982012202555.90 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#65 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
48 %
59 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.50 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
30.60 pp
peak 86.50 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 32.60 pp
since 1998

In Europe: #20 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +1.35 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Croatia: ahead of 48 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtCroatia 55.90 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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 %−1.20 pp
64 Cyprus55.30 %−0.60 pp
65 Croatia55.90 %—
66 Panama56.60 %+0.70 pp
67 Poland58.80 %+2.90 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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