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Croatia – Dependency Ratio

Name: Croatia Dependency Ratio
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank

59.01 +0.40 from 2023 G20 rank: 141st · all-time high: 59.01 (2024)

APA

Croatia Dependency Ratio. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/croatia/dependency-ratio

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_croatia_dependency-ratio,
  title = {Croatia Dependency Ratio},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/croatia/dependency-ratio},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	61.02	–	–
2026* trend	60.41	–	–
2025* trend	59.80	–	–
2024	59.01	+0.40	141st
2023	58.61	+0.42	138th
2022	58.19	+0.76	137th
2021	57.43	+0.89	132nd
2020	56.54	+0.98	122nd
2019	55.56	+1.16	115th
2018	54.40	+1.25	111th
2017	53.15	+1.09	104th
2016	52.06	+0.88	97th
2015	51.18	+0.78	93rd
2014	50.40	+0.51	89th
2013	49.89	+0.29	89th
2012	49.60	+0.15	88th
2011	49.45	−0.18	88th
2010	49.64	−0.31	90th
2009	49.95	−0.13	87th
2008	50.08	+0.06	87th
2007	50.02	+0.04	85th
2006	49.98	+0.02	78th
2005	49.96	+0.11	73rd
2004	49.85	+0.05	71st
2003	49.79	+0.15	67th
2002	49.64	+0.29	67th
2001	49.36	+0.47	65th
2000	48.88	+0.57	54th
1999	48.31	+0.52	47th
1998	47.80	+0.50	39th
1997	47.30	+0.45	29th
1996	46.85	+0.39	26th
1995	46.46	+0.25	23rd
1994	46.21	+0.15	21st
1993	46.06	+0.12	23rd
1992	45.94	+0.12	25th
1991	45.82	+0.05	27th
1990	45.77	−0.06	25th
1989	45.83	−0.06	24th
1988	45.89	−0.04	21st
1987	45.93	−0.01	20th
1986	45.94	+0.09	18th
1985	45.84	+0.06	16th
1984	45.79	−0.33	13th
1983	46.12	−0.75	13th
1982	46.87	−0.87	14th
1981	47.74	−0.68	15th
1980	48.42	−0.25	14th
1979	48.67	+0.08	13th
1978	48.59	+0.14	8th
1977	48.44	+0.13	8th
1976	48.31	+0.12	6th
1975	48.19	+0.13	6th
1974	48.07	+0.10	5th
1973	47.96	+0.04	5th
1972	47.92	−0.10	5th
1971	48.02	−0.39	5th
1970	48.42	−0.62	6th
1969	49.04	−0.64	6th
1968	49.68	−0.55	6th
1967	50.23	−0.46	7th
1966	50.68	−0.41	7th
1965	51.09	−0.39	10th
1964	51.48	−0.38	13th
1963	51.86	−0.28	14th
1962	52.14	−0.06	13th
1961	52.21	+0.06	13th
1960	52.15	–	15th

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +21.7% GDP growth 12.6% C/A balance 0.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Croatia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw dependency ratio improve within 24 months. View full analysis →