People using improved drinking water sources in Croatia
Croatia: People using improved drinking water sources was 3,752 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
People using improved drinking water sources in Croatia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for people using improved drinking water sources in Croatia is 3,752 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Croatia peaked at 40,050 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3,752 people, in 2024.
Croatia ranks 129th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
People using improved drinking water sources in Croatia, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40,050 people | — |
| 2001 | 39,635 people | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 34,958 people | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 30,277 people | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 25,785 people | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 21,323 people | -17.3% |
| 2006 | 16,880 people | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 12,462 people | -26.2% |
| 2008 | 26,036 people | +108.9% |
| 2009 | 21,599 people | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 17,185 people | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 12,791 people | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 8,466 people | -33.8% |
| 2013 | 4,226 people | -50.1% |
| 2014 | 4,196 people | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,152 people | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 4,096 people | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,030 people | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 3,966 people | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 3,918 people | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,876 people | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,836 people | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 3,807 people | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,784 people | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,752 people | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26,901 people | 12,462 people | 40,050 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,703 people | 3,918 people | 17,185 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,811 people | 3,752 people | 3,876 people | 5 |
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More environment data for Croatia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.487 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.13 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.2489 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 5.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.1345 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -0.1069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Croatia?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Croatia was 3,752 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 40,050 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,752 people in 2024.
- How does Croatia rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Croatia ranks 129th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.