Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia
Croatia: Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs was 38.3 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia, 2013–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 38.3 for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in 2025. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia peaked at 38.3 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.4, in 2017.
That places Croatia 17th out of 44 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 34.7 | — |
| 2014 | 35.8 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 35 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 35.1 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 33.4 | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 34.3 | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 34.5 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 34.2 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 34.3 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 35.4 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 36.9 | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 37.9 | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 38.3 | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.69 | 33.4 | 35.8 | 7 |
| 2020s | 36.17 | 34.2 | 38.3 | 6 |
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- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 60.6 (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 72.4 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia?
- Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs in Croatia was 38.3 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 38.3 in 2025.
- What is the lowest tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.4 in 2017.
- How does Croatia rank for tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs?
- Croatia ranks 17th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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