What is life expectancy in Croatia?

Life expectancy in Croatia was 78.58 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Croatia?

The highest recorded value was 78.58 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Croatia?

The lowest recorded value was 58.45 years in 1950.

How does Croatia rank for life expectancy?

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

Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Croatia

Name: Life expectancy in Croatia
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Croatia: Life expectancy 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 in Croatia, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Croatia is 78.58 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy 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	70.57 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 78.09 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Croatia

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,529 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 20,987 (2025)
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 19,742 (2025)
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 20,349 (2025)
Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 19,151 (2025)
Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 19,764 (2025)
Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 18,748 (2025)

All data for Croatia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Croatia?: Life expectancy in Croatia was 78.58 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Croatia?: The highest recorded value was 78.58 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Croatia?: The lowest recorded value was 58.45 years in 1950.
How does Croatia rank for life expectancy?: Croatia ranks 71st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy 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 Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.