Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Croatia
Croatia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia stood at 0.5%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 70.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia peaked at 0.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2006.
That places Croatia 77th out of 111 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Croatia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +45.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -17.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +62.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 77% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 0.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 93% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of graduates from tertiary education … Services adjusted in Croatia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +62.7% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| 2007 | +45.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More education data for Croatia
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.19 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 53,231 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 172 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 59,775 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 55,903 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 325,996 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 147,483 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2006.
- How does Croatia rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Croatia ranks 77th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Services programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release