What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia?

Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia was 78.58 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Croatia?

The highest recorded value was 78.58 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Croatia?

The lowest recorded value was 58.45 years in 1950.

How does Croatia rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?

Croatia ranks 71st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Croatia?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Croatia data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia

Name: Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Croatia: Life expectancy vs. health spending was 78.58 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

78.58 years

Change on year

up 0.4%

World rank

71st

of 236 countries

All-time high

78.58 years

in 2023

All-time low

58.45 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Croatia recorded 78.58 years for life expectancy vs. health spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia peaked at 78.58 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.45 years, in 1950.

Croatia ranks 71st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	62.27 years	58.45 years	65.55 years	10
1960s	67.97 years	65.95 years	69.04 years	10
1970s	70.52 years	69.17 years	71.37 years	10
1980s	71.41 years	70.66 years	72.5 years	10
1990s	72.48 years	70.58 years	73.61 years	10
2000s	75.24 years	74 years	76.31 years	10
2010s	77.5 years	76.68 years	78.2 years	10
2020s	77.87 years	77.14 years	78.58 years	4

Countries ranked near Croatia

68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
69 Poland 78.63 years compare
70 Wallis and Futuna 78.63 years compare
72 Slovakia 78.34 years compare
73 Uruguay 78.14 years compare
74 Cuba 78.08 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Croatia

Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 20,119 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 21,673 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 20,653 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 21,019 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 19,790 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 20,601 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 19,288 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 18,139 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 2.43 million (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 18,620 (2025)

All data for Croatia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia?: Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia was 78.58 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Croatia?: The highest recorded value was 78.58 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. health spending recorded in Croatia?: The lowest recorded value was 58.45 years in 1950.
How does Croatia rank for life expectancy vs. health spending?: Croatia ranks 71st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. health spending rising or falling in Croatia?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Croatia data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy vs. health spending
Unit: years
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth.