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Labor Force Participation Rate for Croatia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
52.14%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -9.7% since 1990
Labor participation for Croatia was 52.14% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 57.73% in 1990. The lowest was 50.76% in 2013 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.29% per year.
Croatia ranks 151 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 81%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Croatia sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
52.14%
First (1990)
57.73%
Change
-9.7%
Highest
57.73%
in 1990
Lowest
50.76%
in 2013
Average
52.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.29%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.14% |
| 2024 | 52.36% |
| 2023 | 52.26% |
| 2022 | 52.51% |
| 2021 | 52.04% |
| 2020 | 50.97% |
| 2019 | 50.87% |
| 2018 | 50.94% |
| 2017 | 51.39% |
| 2016 | 51.16% |
| 2015 | 52.59% |
| 2014 | 52.18% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.