Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia

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
74
1950–2023

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

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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.

Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy vs. health spending in Croatia, 1950 to 2023.
Year years Change
1950 58.45 years
1951 59.03 years +1.0%
1952 59.84 years +1.4%
1953 61.49 years +2.7%
1954 62.23 years +1.2%
1955 63.1 years +1.4%
1956 63.56 years +0.7%
1957 64.41 years +1.3%
1958 65.03 years +1.0%
1959 65.55 years +0.8%
1960 65.95 years +0.6%
1961 66.55 years +0.9%
1962 67.27 years +1.1%
1963 67.62 years +0.5%
1964 68.04 years +0.6%
1965 68.47 years +0.6%
1966 68.91 years +0.6%
1967 69.04 years +0.2%
1968 68.89 years -0.2%
1969 68.96 years +0.1%
1970 69.17 years +0.3%
1971 69.45 years +0.4%
1972 69.75 years +0.4%
1973 70.11 years +0.5%
1974 70.61 years +0.7%
1975 71.04 years +0.6%
1976 71.37 years +0.5%
1977 71.37 years +0.0%
1978 71.27 years -0.1%
1979 71.09 years -0.2%
1980 70.97 years -0.2%
1981 70.88 years -0.1%
1982 70.66 years -0.3%
1983 70.75 years +0.1%
1984 70.98 years +0.3%
1985 71.53 years +0.8%
1986 71.79 years +0.4%
1987 71.94 years +0.2%
1988 72.15 years +0.3%
1989 72.5 years +0.5%
1990 72.24 years -0.4%
1991 70.58 years -2.3%
1992 71.72 years +1.6%
1993 72.31 years +0.8%
1994 72.61 years +0.4%
1995 72.56 years -0.1%
1996 72.97 years +0.6%
1997 72.99 years +0.0%
1998 73.19 years +0.3%
1999 73.61 years +0.6%
2000 74 years +0.5%
2001 74.36 years +0.5%
2002 74.65 years +0.4%
2003 74.71 years +0.1%
2004 75.27 years +0.7%
2005 75.57 years +0.4%
2006 75.68 years +0.1%
2007 75.89 years +0.3%
2008 76 years +0.2%
2009 76.31 years +0.4%
2010 76.68 years +0.5%
2011 76.99 years +0.4%
2012 77.28 years +0.4%
2013 77.51 years +0.3%
2014 77.51 years +0.0%
2015 77.63 years +0.2%
2016 77.63 years -0.0%
2017 77.73 years +0.1%
2018 77.86 years +0.2%
2019 78.2 years +0.4%
2020 77.5 years -0.9%
2021 77.14 years -0.5%
2022 78.28 years +1.5%
2023 78.58 years +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
  2. 69 Poland 78.63 years compare
  3. 70 Wallis and Futuna 78.63 years compare
  4. 72 Slovakia 78.34 years compare
  5. 73 Uruguay 78.14 years compare
  6. 74 Cuba 78.08 years compare

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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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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

Period life expectancy at birth.