Central government expense in Croatia

Central government expense in Croatia was equal to 38.1% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1991 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Croatia, 2023 38.1% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.3percentage points 2022: 37.8%
European Union, 2022 39.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Croatia (2023).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 38.5% Middle value of 19 countries

Central government expense in Croatia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period CroatiaEuropean Union
2023 38.1% –
2022 37.8% 39.3%
2021 40.7% 41.1%
2020 44.9% 42.2%
2019 38.5% 36.4%
2018 38.3% 36.6%
2017 39.0% 37.0%
2016 40.1% 37.4%
2015 41.5% 37.8%
2014 42.1% 38.6%
2013 40.3% 39.1%
2012 40.2% 39.1%
2011 42.0% 38.1%
2010 41.1% 39.6%
2009 40.1% 39.4%
2008 38.0% 36.2%
2007 36.7% 35.4%
2006 36.3% 35.9%
2005 38.2% 36.5%
2004 40.1% 36.7%
2003 40.4% 38.2%
2002 41.8% 37.9%
2001 43.7% 37.7%
2000 47.2% 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 37.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 40.3%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2023 for Croatia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics