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Croatia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Croatia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.00%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -55.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Croatia was 5.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.23% in 2013. The lowest was 5.00% in 2024 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.33% per year.
Croatia ranks 101 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Croatia sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 71% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 69%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.00%
First (1991)
11.14%
Change
-55.1%
Highest
17.23%
in 2013
Lowest
5.00%
in 2024
Average
11.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.33%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5% |
| 2024 | 5% |
| 2023 | 6.12% |
| 2022 | 6.81% |
| 2021 | 7.48% |
| 2020 | 7.39% |
| 2019 | 6.55% |
| 2018 | 8.32% |
| 2017 | 11.08% |
| 2016 | 13.02% |
| 2015 | 16.15% |
| 2014 | 17.21% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.