EU 6.25
· European ranking
21 / 34
Croatia: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.90% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -1.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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Regional map
· 2025 · 4 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+51.02
7.40
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2+12.24
5.50
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3-38.78
3.00
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3-38.78
3.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Croatia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Croatia
In Croatia, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.9% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 1.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Croatia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.40% in 2020 to 4.90% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 5.00% in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Croatia
In Croatia, Unemployment rate shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Panonska Hrvatska records the highest value (7.4%) and Grad Zagreb the lowest (3%), a gap of 4.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Croatia, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.