Median Equivalised Net Income in Croatia (2025)
Croatia's Median Equivalised Net Income: 15,057 EUR per person in 2025, +22.0% YoY, roughly 66% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,057 | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 12,344 | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 9,873 | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 8,760 | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 8,065 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 7,770 | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 7,194 | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 6,596 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 6,209 | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 5,786 | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 5,526 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 5,256 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 5,078 | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 5,309 | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 5,579 | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 5,810 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Croatia's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 15,057 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 22.0% increase from 12,344 EUR in 2024, extending a run of strong annual gains that has lifted the series by roughly 53% since 2023.
The key metric is convergence: Croatia's median income has likely grown from around 40% of the EU-27 average in 2010 to roughly 66% in 2025. Over the same 15 years, Croatia's income more than doubled (+159%) while the EU-27 average rose 58% (from about 14,521 EUR to approximately 22,939 EUR). Unlike some lower-income EU member states, Croatia's absolute euro gap with the EU average has also narrowed — from close to 8,711 EUR in 2010 to around 7,882 EUR in 2025 — suggesting the country's convergence has likely been both proportional and, more recently, absolute.
Convergence has not been linear. Growth stalled and reversed over three consecutive years from 2011 to 2013 (-4.0%, -4.8%, -4.4%), likely reflecting the lagged domestic effects of the 2009 financial crisis and subsequent eurozone debt crisis, before a steady recovery from 2014 onward. The pace of catch-up has accelerated sharply since 2022, including three consecutive strong years most recently: +12.7% in 2023, +25.0% in 2024, and +22.0% in 2025. Eurostat flags a break in the series for both 2023 and 2024, coinciding with Croatia's January 2023 entry into the eurozone and a methodology adjustment to the underlying EU-SILC survey, so part of the recent acceleration likely reflects measurement changes as well as genuine income growth.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) provides the underlying EU-SILC microdata.