European ranking
11 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Latest value
4.80 Ratio
European ranking
11 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
+0.3 puntos
Croatia is 0.3 points above the European average.
EU: 4.53
Affected population
3.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20
Granularity: Regions
Panonska Hrvatska
5.30
Grad Zagreb
4.30
Jadranska Hrvatska
4.30
Sjeverna Hrvatska
4.20
Croatia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Croatia, S80/S20 ratio is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 4.78 versus 4.73 in 2025, a gap of 0.05 in the ratio.
In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 4.59 in 2020 to 4.78 in 2025. The latest step, from 4.97 in 2024 to 4.78 in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
In Croatia, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Panonska Hrvatska records the highest value (5.3) and Sjeverna Hrvatska the lowest (4.2), a gap of 1.1 in the ratio.
In Croatia, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.