Croatia’s registered unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.4% for the third consecutive month. The number of unemployed persons declined 1% month-on-month to 62.6 thousand, while total employment edged down 0.6% to 1.767 million. The labor force also decreased 0.6% to 1.829 million. Meanwhile, paid employment in legal entities fell 0.1% to 1.518 million, while employment in crafts, trades, and freelances dropped 3.5% to 231.8 thousand, and employment among private farmers edged down 0.2% to 17.2 thousand. Compared with September 2025, the labor market remained weaker overall, with the labor force down 1.4% and total employment declining 0.8%, while paid employment in legal entities fell 1.1%. Over the same period, the number of registered unemployed persons dropped 16%. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment Rate in Croatia remained unchanged at 3.40 percent in September. Unemployment Rate in Croatia averaged 14.56 percent from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 23.60 percent in January of 2002 and a record low of 3.30 percent in June of 2026. This page provides - Croatia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Croatia Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Croatia remained unchanged at 3.40 percent in September. Unemployment Rate in Croatia is expected to be 3.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Croatia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 4.00 percent in 2027 and 3.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.