Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Croatia
Croatia: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 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 graduating from 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% |
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
- 74 Bermuda 0.6% compare
- 75 Czechia 0.6% compare
- 76 Argentina 0.6% compare
- 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5% compare
- 79 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.5% compare
- 80 Kazakhstan 0.5% compare
More education data for Croatia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
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