Children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion

In 2025, Croatia's children (aged less than 18) at risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 18.7% compared to 2024, reaching 47.1.

Croatia accounts for 64.6% of the EU-27 total of 72.9.

Croatia ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.7% (from 55.2 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm412, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.