Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Croatia's employment increased by 1.2% compared to 2024, reaching 1,657k.

Croatia accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

Croatia ranks 19th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.8% (from 1,536k in 2020).

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