Employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia
Croatia: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 6.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia stood at 6.4%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia peaked at 6.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 1997.
Croatia ranks 21st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.2% | — |
| 1992 | 5.1% | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4.9% | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 5.3% | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5.8% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 5.9% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 6.4% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.9% | 6.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Croatia was 6.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 1997.
- How does Croatia rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Croatia ranks 21st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).