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HR · ZAGREBDatos locales
Vivir en Zagreb.
Croatia's capital and largest city: the deepest job, services and international-school market in the country, four distinct seasons, and rents well below Western-EU capitals though the highest in inland Croatia. Central districts (Donji grad, Gornji grad) run notably above the outer neighbourhoods.
Verificado
DZS — Population Estimate of the Republic of Croatia, 2024 (STAN-2025-3-1)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 30 jun 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Mid-2024 official DZS estimate for the City of Zagreb (Grad Zagreb administrative unit), 20.0% of Croatia's population. The 2021 census count was 767,131; the estimate is the most recent official figure.
HR · ZAGREB
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Vista rápida
Las cifras principales de Zagreb, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.
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Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.
/mes
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Impuestos del autónomo
Seguridad
9.0/10Calidad del aire
6.4/10Internet
3.8/10Inglés
9.0/10Sanidad privada
7.5/1002
Lo que te cuesta al mes
Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.
≈ $18.060 / año
- Alquiler (1 dorm.)$685
- Food & non-alcoholic drinks$230
- Transport$132
- Housing utilities (water, electricity, gas, maintenance)$123
- Recreation, personal care & other services$90
- Clothing & footwear$61
- Information & communication$54
- Furnishings & household maintenance$53
- Restaurants & accommodation$42
- Health (out-of-pocket)$35
- Gastos corrientes$820
El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($820/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.
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Coste de vida
Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.
DZS Household Budget Survey 2022 COICOP shares, CPI-uplifted, single-person-scaled
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- DZS HBS 2022 COICOP shares (food 27.0%, transport 15.5%, housing/utilities 14.5%, clothing 7.2%, information/communication 6.3%, furnishings 6.2%, personal care & misc services 4.9%, restaurants/accommodation 4.9%, remainder recreation/health/education/alcohol-tobacco) applied to the ~$850/mo single-person rent-excluded aggregate above, converted at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Categories sum to roughly the cost-of-living aggregate. Same uncertainty caveats as cost-of-living-single; national average, cities (esp. Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik) run higher.
- Notas
- Structure is the official DZS all-household COICOP split; the euro amounts are scaled estimates, not a measured single-person survey. Housing line excludes rent (mostly utilities/maintenance in owner-heavy Croatia).
Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en Croatia, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país850USD/month, single person, excluding rent8.3
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- DZS HBS 2022 average consumption = 110,446 HRK/household/yr = €1,221.6/mo (fixed rate 7.53450 HRK/EUR). CPI-uplifted 2022→mid-2026 (Croatia HICP ~×1.20) → ≈€1,466/mo per household; scaled to a single-person household (~0.63 of the all-household average, EU HBS pattern) → ≈€924; net of the small actual-rentals sliver of the housing line (Croatia is ~93% owner-occupied, so the 14.5% housing line is mostly utilities/maintenance, retained) → ≈€745–€760 rent-excluded ≈ $850–$865 at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Cross-check: Eurostat 2024 price level for household final consumption is 76% of EU-27 (vs Poland 72%), so Croatia should sit modestly above Poland's ~$753 — consistent. Rounded to $850.
- Notas
- Curated estimate with wide uncertainty: DZS publishes only an all-household average (no clean one-person basket) and the latest survey predates the euro (2022; next survey 2026). The single-person scaling and CPI uplift are transparent assumptions, not a measured figure — treat as ±20%. To be replaced when DZS HBS 2026 lands.
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Vivienda
Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.
Nekretnine.hr — Zagreb asking rent €/m²/month by district (May 2026)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Nekretnine.hr May 2026 asking rents in €/m²/month by district. Central average ≈€16.49/m²/mo (Donji grad 17.23, Gornji grad-Medveščak 16.03, Trnje 16.20); outside average ≈€14.31/m²/mo (Novi Zagreb istok 15.19 / zapad 14.09, Trešnjevka jug 15.15 / sjever 15.16, Maksimir 15.20, Sesvete 11.04). Multiplied by typical sizes — studio 28 m², 1BR 42 m², 2BR 62 m², 3BR 85 m² — and converted at 1.1399 USD/EUR.
- Notas
- DERIVED: the €/m²/month district rents are directly observed (Nekretnine.hr), but the per-room-size cells are computed (district €/m² × assumed apartment size), because no source publishes Zagreb rent by room count AND by center/outside simultaneously. Center = inner districts (Donji/Gornji grad, Trnje); outside = outer districts (Novi Zagreb, Trešnjevka, Maksimir, Sesvete). Sesvete (€11.04/m²) pulls the outside average down; the cheapest real outer studios can be well below these figures.
| Vivienda | Centro | Fuera del centro |
|---|---|---|
| Estudio | 526 USD/mes | 457 USD/mes |
| 1 dormitorio | 789 USD/mes | 685 USD/mes |
| 2 dormitorios | 1165 USD/mes | 1011 USD/mes |
| 3 dormitorios | 1597 USD/mes | 1386 USD/mes |
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Clima
Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.
NOAA/WMO Climatological Standard Normals 1991–2020 — Zagreb-Maksimir (WMO 14240)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- WMO 1991–2020 station normals, NCEI accession 0253808 (public domain). tMin = Daily_Minimum_Temperature Mean, tMax = Daily_Maximum_Temperature Mean, precipMm = Precipitation_Total Sum. Annual means: tMin 7.1°C, tMax 17.0°C, precipitation 874 mm.
Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.
| ene | feb | mar | abr | may | jun | jul | ago | sept | oct | nov | dic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Máxima diurna °C | 5.0° | 7.8° | 13.0° | 18.0° | 22.4° | 26.2° | 28.1° | 28.1° | 22.6° | 17.0° | 10.7° | 5.3° |
| Mínima nocturna °C | -2.0° | -1.2° | 2.5° | 6.6° | 11.0° | 14.7° | 16.2° | 16.0° | 11.8° | 7.5° | 3.4° | -1.1° |
| Lluvia mm | 46 | 45 | 48 | 61 | 77 | 91 | 80 | 86 | 104 | 89 | 87 | 62 |
01Climate comfort5pleasant months/year5.0
Qué mide esto
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Zagreb-Maksimir WMO 14240)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: Apr (18.0°C), May (22.4°C), Jun (26.2°C), Sep (22.6°C), Oct (17.0°C) = 5. Jul and Aug are excluded because mean daily max is 28.1°C, just above the 28°C ceiling; Mar (13.0°C) is below the 15°C floor.
02Air quality (PM2.5)13,9µg/m³, annual mean PM2.56.4
Qué mide esto
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 annual mean PM2.5 for Zagreb, derived from urban/suburban background monitoring stations reported to the EEA. About 2.8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³); within the current EU limit value (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). Winter domestic heating and temperature inversions in the Sava basin are the main drivers; summers are cleaner. Not fetched from the interactive viewer directly (JS tool); value corroborated via the EEA-sourced EU air-quality tracker.
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Seguridad
Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.
01Homicide ratea nivel de país1intentional homicides per 100,000/year9.0
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Datos abiertos
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101), rate per 100k, geo HR
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 value (Eurostat, updated 2026-04-29). The rate is volatile year to year on Croatia's small base: 0.80 (2022), 0.68 (2023), 1.01 (2024). Still very low by global standards. World Bank/UNODC 2023 figure was ~0.67.
Eurostat — police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat, ICCS, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 12 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, drug offences 0601, burglary 0501, serious assault 020111, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). Intentional homicide (1.01, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, drug offences 0601, burglary 0501, serious assault 020111, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). Intentional homicide (1.01, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — Croatia (official police-recorded)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- OSCE ODIHR 2024: 73 hate crimes recorded by police (38 prosecuted, 19 sentenced); 53 itemized as racist/xenophobic. Data cover only cases under the Article 87(21) aggravating-circumstance provision; ODIHR notes Croatia’s statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. Not comparable across countries.
OSCE ODIHR 2024: 73 hate crimes recorded by police (38 prosecuted, 19 sentenced); 53 itemized as racist/xenophobic. Data cover only cases under the Article 87(21) aggravating-circumstance provision; ODIHR notes Croatia’s statistics do not sufficiently distinguish hate crimes from other crimes. Not comparable across countries.
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Infraestructura
Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.
01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísGood7.0
Qué mide esto
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
Hrvatska pošta, DPD Hrvatska, GLS Hrvatska official service pages (composite)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite of national-operator and major-carrier official service data: Hrvatska pošta (national post, 24/7 paketomati), DPD Hrvatska (>1,300 pickup points incl. paketomat lockers), GLS (Flexdelivery — home/parcelshop/paketomat), Overseas Express, Box Now. 1–2 day delivery is normal in cities; locker density is lower than Poland's InPost-led market. Mapped to 'good' (reliable 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities) rather than 'excellent' (which requires nationwide next-day + a dense locker network as the default).
- Notas
- Reliable nationwide parcel delivery with growing locker networks; coastal/island coverage adds a day in low season.
02International delivery easea nivel de paísMinor friction7.0
Qué mide esto
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Intra-EU shipping is frictionless (single market; all major carriers — DPD, GLS, DHL, Hrvatska pošta — plus UPS/FedEx). Non-EU imports: the EU-wide €150 duty-free threshold was removed on 2026-07-01, with a temporary flat €3/item duty on ≤€150 IOSS consignments until 2028; VAT collected at checkout via IOSS. Predictable but no longer duty-free — same regime as all EU members.
03Internet speeda nivel de país40,2Mbps, median fixed download3.8
Qué mide esto
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Datos abiertos
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Croatia (HR), 2024
- Datos a fecha de
- 16 ene 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the daily country medians available in M-Lab's public stats API for Croatia 2024. NOTE: the public 2024 file currently exposes only the first ~16 days of January (~3,700 tests), so this is a partial-year figure (2023 partial file ≈ 33.6 Mbps).
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures (Croatian carriers advertise ~100 Mbps averages) — comparable ONLY within this criterion. Partial-window median because M-Lab's public API has not published Croatia's full 2024/2025 daily series; to be refreshed when a full-year file is available.
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Sanidad
Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.
01Private healthcare costa nivel de país1400USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old7.5
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive basis (outpatient + inpatient), healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner. Genuinely comprehensive international private medical insurance runs ≈€50–150/mo; midpoint ≈€100/mo ≈ €1,200/yr ≈ $1,370–$1,400 at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Rounded to $1,400. Deliberately NOT the €180/yr public 'dopunsko' co-payment cover (which sits on top of mandatory HZZO), which would understate a comprehensive standalone premium and break cross-country comparability. Premiums are quoted on request, so this is a curated market midpoint, not a public engine quote.
- Notas
- Croatia's system differs from most: residents are covered by mandatory public HZZO (~€90–100/mo income-based contribution) and most people buy only cheap 'dopunsko' cover (€180/yr, 2026) that removes co-payments including hospital co-pays; comprehensive standalone private plans are less commonly needed. Standalone 'dodatno' plans span €160–930/yr but are supplemental, not full outpatient+inpatient replacements — hence the comprehensive figure is anchored on international private medical insurance instead.
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Dinero y cripto
Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.
01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Fuente oficial
Porezna uprava — capital-income taxation of crypto disposals (12%); HANFA/HNB MiCA supervision
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding/trading legal for individuals. Gains on crypto-to-fiat disposals taxed at 12% capital-income tax; crypto-to-crypto swaps untaxed; assets held over two years are exempt. EU MiCA applies — HANFA (with HNB) supervises CASPs; legacy VASPs registered before 2024-12-30 had until 2026-07-01 to obtain full CASP authorisation (HANFA granted the first MiCA CASP licence, Electrocoin, in April 2026). Classified legal-regulated: standard EU licensing + taxation, with a notably favourable long-term-holding exemption.
02Financial control levela nivel de paísLow10.0
Qué mide esto
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite of: euro-area member since 2023 (no domestic currency, full free movement of capital under EU law, no capital controls); euro is fully convertible; no FBAR-style personal foreign-account disclosure beyond EU CRS automatic exchange via banks; foreigners open bank accounts on standard EU AML terms. Business cash-payment limits apply (fiscalisation of cash receipts, statutory cap on large cash B2B transactions) but no consumer cash cap on personal funds. Low state control over personal money flows, consistent with other euro-area members.
- Notas
- Not scored on a per-euro-figure basis; classification. IMF AREAER not re-fetched this cycle — euro-area status makes capital controls legally impossible, so the low band is robust.
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Idioma
Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.
01English proficiencya nivel de paísVery high9.0
Qué mide esto
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Estudio
EF EPI 2025 (rank 2/123, score 617 — Very High band)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). Croatia ranks 2nd of 123 in EF EPI 2025 (score 617), among the highest non-native results in the world; English is widely usable in cities, tourism and the service sector, and broadly in daily life.
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Educación
Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.
01International schools6accredited international schools, count6.3
Qué mide esto
Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of Zagreb schools verified against a qualifying accreditor's own registry: (1) American International School of Zagreb — IB, ibo.org school 001466; (2) Matija Gubec International School — IB, ibo.org school 002363; (3) XV. Gimnazija — IB, ibo.org school 000618; (4) British International School of Zagreb — Cambridge International Education registered; (5) École française internationale de Zagreb — AEFE conventionné (aefe.gouv.fr/fr/etablissements/ecole-francaise-internationale-de-zagreb); (6) Deutsche Internationale Schule Zagreb — ZfA Deutsche Auslandsschule, KMK-recognised.
- Notas
- Only accreditor-verified schools are counted (not IB-only). Three further schools appear on aggregator lists — American Academy in Zagreb, Bright Horizons/International British School of Zagreb, PKG European School Zagreb — but could not be confirmed against a qualifying accreditor's own registry (IB/Cambridge/College Board/AEFE/ZfA/CIS/COBIS) at verification time, so they are excluded. Count is therefore a conservative floor (±2).
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Demografía
Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.
Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísPoca aceptaciónGallup MAI 1,81/9 · 2019
Qué mide esto
How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.
Estudio
Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index, 2019 update (research, attribution)
- Datos a fecha de
- 23 sept 2020
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Gallup MAI 1.81/9 (2019 wave, down from 2.39 in 2016) — among the world’s least-accepting countries, in the low-scoring Balkan/Central-European cluster exposed to the 2015–16 refugee route. Band: low.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Foreign+stateless citizens on the Eurostat usual-residence register (2024): 115,174 of 3,861,967 residents = 2.98%. Add Ukrainians under temporary protection (Eurostat migr_asytpsm, May 2026): 29,465, not captured in the citizenship register → (115,174 + 29,465) / 3,861,967 ≈ 3.75%. Temporary protection counted because those people live in Croatia while the status is active.
- Notas
- Register-based citizenship figure understates the current stock: Croatia has a large, fast-growing labour-migration wave (BiH, Nepal, Serbia, Philippines, India) — 170,723 residence-and-work permits were issued in 2025 alone — and the usual-residence register lags permit issuance. The true current foreign-national share is likely higher (mid-single digits) but is not yet reflected in a clean official stock. Recorded on the register+temporary-protection basis; to be revised when DZS/Eurostat publish an updated stock.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Only the Ukrainian temporary-protection count is an exact official stock (29,465, Eurostat migr_asytpsm May 2026). The other groups are LISTED IN ORDER of Croatia's 2025 residence-and-work-permit issuance ranking (Bosnia and Herzegovina 32,225, Nepal 31,708, Serbia 24,278, Philippines 17,629, India 15,400, North Macedonia 11,856, Kosovo 6,355 — MUP data via national media), which reflects the dominant migrant-worker communities; their share is null because those are permit FLOWS, not a clean resident-stock count. totalForeign 144,639 = register 115,174 + temporary protection 29,465.
- Notas
- Croatia does not publish a clean, current foreign-resident stock broken down by citizenship (the Eurostat citizenship register returns only broad aggregates for HR, and 2025 permit figures are issuance flows, not stock). Shares left null except Ukraine to avoid presenting flow data as stock shares. The ordering of the labour-migration groups (BiH, Nepal, Serbia, Philippines, India) is well-supported by official 2025 permit data. Display-only, never scored.
Croatia does not publish a clean, current foreign-resident stock broken down by citizenship (the Eurostat citizenship register returns only broad aggregates for HR, and 2025 permit figures are issuance flows, not stock). Shares left null except Ukraine to avoid presenting flow data as stock shares. The ordering of the labour-migration groups (BiH, Nepal, Serbia, Philippines, India) is well-supported by official 2025 permit data. Display-only, never scored.
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Cómo puedes quedarte
Cómo puedes entrar y quedarte legalmente. Se aplican en todo Croatia.
Todos los requisitos y filtro por nacionalidad- 01Digital nomad temporary stay (boravak digitalnih nomada)Visado de nómada digitalTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 3623 EUR/monthThird-country national (non-EU/EEA/Swiss) working remotely via technology for an employer or own company NOT registered in Croatia18 meses
- 02EU/EEA/Swiss citizens — registration of temporary stayPrograma especialEU citizensNo visa or permit needed; full labour-market access and self-employment/business (obrt or d.o.o.) on the same terms as Croatian citizens5 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 03Third-country nationals — temporary stay and work for self-employment / own companyVisado de negociosTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 1449 EUR/monthEstablish and majority-own (≥51%) a Croatian company (d.o.o./j.d.o.o.) or register as a sole trader (obrt), with documented investment and local job creation1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 04Visa-free stay (Schengen 90/180)Estancia sin visadoUS citizens, UK citizens, Ukrainian citizensPassport of an EU Annex II visa-exempt country (Reg. 2018/1806); Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership states: biometric passports only3 meses
- 05Temporary protection for displaced persons from UkrainePrograma especialUkrainian citizensDisplaced persons from Ukraine (and certain family members) who left due to the war8 meses +
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Lo que pagarías en impuestos
Los regímenes fiscales entre los que puede elegir un autónomo. Las normas son nacionales: las mismas en todo Croatia.
Regímenes completos y calculadora- 01Paušalni obrt — lump-sum trade (flat-rate craft)fixed 119.58 per month + fixed 39.86 per month7.6%de carga con 60 000 €
- 02d.o.o. — company profit tax + dividend distribution10% of profit + 12% of amount left after "Corporate profit tax (porez na dobit, 10% ≤ €1M revenue)"20.8%de carga con 60 000 €
- 03Obrt na dohodak — self-employment income (books of receipts/expenditures)fixed 194.32 per month (deductible from profit) + fixed 64.77 per month (deductible from profit)25.2%de carga con 60 000 €
Mira cuánto te quedaría
Tus ingresos frente a los regímenes fiscales reales de Croatia, con el mismo motor que la calculadora completa.
- 1 Paušalni obrt — lump-sum trade (flat-rate craft)55.428 EURneto/año7.6 % de carga
- 2 d.o.o. — company profit tax + dividend distribution47.520 EURneto/año20.8 % de carga
- 3 Obrt na dohodak — self-employment income (books of receipts/expenditures)44.901 EURneto/año25.2 % de carga
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SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (Porezna uprava — Obrtnici paušalisti)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme hr-pausalni-obrt at €60,000 revenue (top lump-sum bracket €50,000.01–60,000): lump-sum income tax = 12% of the fixed €9,000 bracket base = €1,080; fixed social contributions on the €797.20 base = €290.98/mo × 12 = €3,491.76 (independent of income). Total burden €4,571.76 / €60,000 = 7.62%. The paušal ignores expenses, so the 10%-expenses assumption does not change the burden; €60,000 is exactly the regime's revenue cap.
EF EPI 2025 (rank 2/123, score 617 — Very High band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). Croatia ranks 2nd of 123 in EF EPI 2025 (score 617), among the highest non-native results in the world; English is widely usable in cities, tourism and the service sector, and broadly in daily life.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- DZS HBS 2022 average consumption = 110,446 HRK/household/yr = €1,221.6/mo (fixed rate 7.53450 HRK/EUR). CPI-uplifted 2022→mid-2026 (Croatia HICP ~×1.20) → ≈€1,466/mo per household; scaled to a single-person household (~0.63 of the all-household average, EU HBS pattern) → ≈€924; net of the small actual-rentals sliver of the housing line (Croatia is ~93% owner-occupied, so the 14.5% housing line is mostly utilities/maintenance, retained) → ≈€745–€760 rent-excluded ≈ $850–$865 at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Cross-check: Eurostat 2024 price level for household final consumption is 76% of EU-27 (vs Poland 72%), so Croatia should sit modestly above Poland's ~$753 — consistent. Rounded to $850.
- Notas
- Curated estimate with wide uncertainty: DZS publishes only an all-household average (no clean one-person basket) and the latest survey predates the euro (2022; next survey 2026). The single-person scaling and CPI uplift are transparent assumptions, not a measured figure — treat as ±20%. To be replaced when DZS HBS 2026 lands.
Hrvatska pošta, DPD Hrvatska, GLS Hrvatska official service pages (composite)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite of national-operator and major-carrier official service data: Hrvatska pošta (national post, 24/7 paketomati), DPD Hrvatska (>1,300 pickup points incl. paketomat lockers), GLS (Flexdelivery — home/parcelshop/paketomat), Overseas Express, Box Now. 1–2 day delivery is normal in cities; locker density is lower than Poland's InPost-led market. Mapped to 'good' (reliable 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities) rather than 'excellent' (which requires nationwide next-day + a dense locker network as the default).
- Notas
- Reliable nationwide parcel delivery with growing locker networks; coastal/island coverage adds a day in low season.
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M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Croatia (HR), 2024
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 16 ene 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of the daily country medians available in M-Lab's public stats API for Croatia 2024. NOTE: the public 2024 file currently exposes only the first ~16 days of January (~3,700 tests), so this is a partial-year figure (2023 partial file ≈ 33.6 Mbps).
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures (Croatian carriers advertise ~100 Mbps averages) — comparable ONLY within this criterion. Partial-window median because M-Lab's public API has not published Croatia's full 2024/2025 daily series; to be refreshed when a full-year file is available.
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Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101), rate per 100k, geo HR
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 value (Eurostat, updated 2026-04-29). The rate is volatile year to year on Croatia's small base: 0.80 (2022), 0.68 (2023), 1.01 (2024). Still very low by global standards. World Bank/UNODC 2023 figure was ~0.67.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive basis (outpatient + inpatient), healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner. Genuinely comprehensive international private medical insurance runs ≈€50–150/mo; midpoint ≈€100/mo ≈ €1,200/yr ≈ $1,370–$1,400 at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Rounded to $1,400. Deliberately NOT the €180/yr public 'dopunsko' co-payment cover (which sits on top of mandatory HZZO), which would understate a comprehensive standalone premium and break cross-country comparability. Premiums are quoted on request, so this is a curated market midpoint, not a public engine quote.
- Notas
- Croatia's system differs from most: residents are covered by mandatory public HZZO (~€90–100/mo income-based contribution) and most people buy only cheap 'dopunsko' cover (€180/yr, 2026) that removes co-payments including hospital co-pays; comprehensive standalone private plans are less commonly needed. Standalone 'dodatno' plans span €160–930/yr but are supplemental, not full outpatient+inpatient replacements — hence the comprehensive figure is anchored on international private medical insurance instead.
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Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of Zagreb schools verified against a qualifying accreditor's own registry: (1) American International School of Zagreb — IB, ibo.org school 001466; (2) Matija Gubec International School — IB, ibo.org school 002363; (3) XV. Gimnazija — IB, ibo.org school 000618; (4) British International School of Zagreb — Cambridge International Education registered; (5) École française internationale de Zagreb — AEFE conventionné (aefe.gouv.fr/fr/etablissements/ecole-francaise-internationale-de-zagreb); (6) Deutsche Internationale Schule Zagreb — ZfA Deutsche Auslandsschule, KMK-recognised.
- Notas
- Only accreditor-verified schools are counted (not IB-only). Three further schools appear on aggregator lists — American Academy in Zagreb, Bright Horizons/International British School of Zagreb, PKG European School Zagreb — but could not be confirmed against a qualifying accreditor's own registry (IB/Cambridge/College Board/AEFE/ZfA/CIS/COBIS) at verification time, so they are excluded. Count is therefore a conservative floor (±2).
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 annual mean PM2.5 for Zagreb, derived from urban/suburban background monitoring stations reported to the EEA. About 2.8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³); within the current EU limit value (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). Winter domestic heating and temperature inversions in the Sava basin are the main drivers; summers are cleaner. Not fetched from the interactive viewer directly (JS tool); value corroborated via the EEA-sourced EU air-quality tracker.
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Porezna uprava — capital-income taxation of crypto disposals (12%); HANFA/HNB MiCA supervision
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding/trading legal for individuals. Gains on crypto-to-fiat disposals taxed at 12% capital-income tax; crypto-to-crypto swaps untaxed; assets held over two years are exempt. EU MiCA applies — HANFA (with HNB) supervises CASPs; legacy VASPs registered before 2024-12-30 had until 2026-07-01 to obtain full CASP authorisation (HANFA granted the first MiCA CASP licence, Electrocoin, in April 2026). Classified legal-regulated: standard EU licensing + taxation, with a notably favourable long-term-holding exemption.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite of: euro-area member since 2023 (no domestic currency, full free movement of capital under EU law, no capital controls); euro is fully convertible; no FBAR-style personal foreign-account disclosure beyond EU CRS automatic exchange via banks; foreigners open bank accounts on standard EU AML terms. Business cash-payment limits apply (fiscalisation of cash receipts, statutory cap on large cash B2B transactions) but no consumer cash cap on personal funds. Low state control over personal money flows, consistent with other euro-area members.
- Notas
- Not scored on a per-euro-figure basis; classification. IMF AREAER not re-fetched this cycle — euro-area status makes capital controls legally impossible, so the low band is robust.
SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (Porezna uprava — Obrtnici paušalisti)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme hr-pausalni-obrt at €60,000 revenue (top lump-sum bracket €50,000.01–60,000): lump-sum income tax = 12% of the fixed €9,000 bracket base = €1,080; fixed social contributions on the €797.20 base = €290.98/mo × 12 = €3,491.76 (independent of income). Total burden €4,571.76 / €60,000 = 7.62%. The paušal ignores expenses, so the 10%-expenses assumption does not change the burden; €60,000 is exactly the regime's revenue cap.
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Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101), rate per 100k, geo HR
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 value (Eurostat, updated 2026-04-29). The rate is volatile year to year on Croatia's small base: 0.80 (2022), 0.68 (2023), 1.01 (2024). Still very low by global standards. World Bank/UNODC 2023 figure was ~0.67.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- DZS HBS 2022 average consumption = 110,446 HRK/household/yr = €1,221.6/mo (fixed rate 7.53450 HRK/EUR). CPI-uplifted 2022→mid-2026 (Croatia HICP ~×1.20) → ≈€1,466/mo per household; scaled to a single-person household (~0.63 of the all-household average, EU HBS pattern) → ≈€924; net of the small actual-rentals sliver of the housing line (Croatia is ~93% owner-occupied, so the 14.5% housing line is mostly utilities/maintenance, retained) → ≈€745–€760 rent-excluded ≈ $850–$865 at 1.1399 USD/EUR. Cross-check: Eurostat 2024 price level for household final consumption is 76% of EU-27 (vs Poland 72%), so Croatia should sit modestly above Poland's ~$753 — consistent. Rounded to $850.
- Notas
- Curated estimate with wide uncertainty: DZS publishes only an all-household average (no clean one-person basket) and the latest survey predates the euro (2022; next survey 2026). The single-person scaling and CPI uplift are transparent assumptions, not a measured figure — treat as ±20%. To be replaced when DZS HBS 2026 lands.
A lo que estar atento
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 2024 annual mean PM2.5 for Zagreb, derived from urban/suburban background monitoring stations reported to the EEA. About 2.8× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³); within the current EU limit value (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). Winter domestic heating and temperature inversions in the Sava basin are the main drivers; summers are cleaner. Not fetched from the interactive viewer directly (JS tool); value corroborated via the EEA-sourced EU air-quality tracker.
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (Zagreb-Maksimir WMO 14240)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: Apr (18.0°C), May (22.4°C), Jun (26.2°C), Sep (22.6°C), Oct (17.0°C) = 5. Jul and Aug are excluded because mean daily max is 28.1°C, just above the 28°C ceiling; Mar (13.0°C) is below the 15°C floor.
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