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Unemployment rate in Croatia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Croatia's unemployment rate is 5.00 % — #56 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.00%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Croatia over time

17.23 %11.12 %5.00 %17.23 % · 20135.00 % · 20242000: 16.06 %2001: 15.82 %2002: 15.05 %2003: 13.92 %2004: 13.66 %2005: 12.60 %2006: 11.13 %2007: 9.91 %2008: 8.53 %2009: 9.20 %2010: 11.62 %2011: 13.68 %2012: 16.05 %2013: 17.23 %2014: 17.21 %2015: 16.15 %2016: 13.02 %2017: 11.08 %2018: 8.32 %2019: 6.55 %2020: 7.39 %2021: 7.48 %2022: 6.81 %2023: 6.12 %2024: 5.00 %2025: 5.00 %2000201220255.00 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#56 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
55 %
68 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.23 pp
peak 17.23 % in 2013
Full series
▼ 11.06 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #17 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.25 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Croatia: ahead of 55 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentCroatia 5.00 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Croatia is ahead of 55 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Croatia
54 Honduras4.92 %−0.08 pp
55 Cyprus4.92 %−0.08 pp
56 Croatia5.00 %—
57 Nicaragua5.04 %+0.04 pp
58 Malawi5.07 %+0.07 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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