Croatia vs Greece

Croatia
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Zagreb
Population
3.9M
GDP
$93.0B
Greece
Europe & Central Asia
High income
Capital: Athens
Population
10.4M
GDP
$256.2B

POP 2.7x GDP 2.8x LE 2.9 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Croatia vs Greece

Net Migration95.8%Freshwater Withdrawal89.6%GDP (Current USD)63.7%Population62.8%School Enrollment (Terti…50.8%Unemployment Rate50.1%GDP Growth Rate45.5%Physicians (per 1,000 pe…40.6%
MID pair: Net Migration is the opener; totals are closer than rates on same-band HIC.

Demographics: Population (Greece, 63% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
Population 3.9M 10.4M 2024
Urban Population 57.5% 79.0% 2024

3 closer demographics rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP (Current USD) (Greece, 64% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
GDP (Current USD) $93.0B $256.2B 2024
Unemployment Rate 5.0% 10.0% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 3.8% 2.1% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $4.5B $6.7B 2024

3 closer economy rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Greece, 41% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.9 6.6 2022
Maternal Mortality Ratio 3 5 2023
Under-5 Mortality Rate 5.6 3.8 2024
Infant Mortality Rate 4.1 3.2 2024

3 closer health rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Greece, 51% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 81.2% 165.1% 2023
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 4.1% 3.4% 2021

4 closer education rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Greece, 90% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 1.8% 17.3% 2022
Renewable Energy Consumption 34.1% 21.5% 2021

3 closer environment rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Sanitation (Greece, 20% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
Access to Sanitation 74.7% 92.9% 2021

4 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Croatia, 96% spread)

Indicator Croatia Greece Year
Net Migration -5,186 -122,772 2024
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 0.3% 0.6% 2023
Intentional Homicides 0.7 0.8 2023

3 closer social rows sit on the Croatia and Greece profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Croatia vs Greece comparison

Croatia (HIC) and Greece (HIC) sit in a MID-spread band on this curated board (same-band HIC). Population is 2.7x smaller; GDP is 2.8x smaller. Open with Net Migration (~96%) before the 7-topic tables (41 rows). Both in Europe & Central Asia, so regional peers are a fair control. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

Other curated pairs · MID band

Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

Croatia vs Greece figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · MID scale band.