Croatia vs Hungary
Croatia vs Hungary: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 4.4% a year in Croatia and 4.4% a year in Hungary, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Croatia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Croatia.
- In 2025, Croatia ranked 45 and Hungary ranked 43 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Croatia at 2.5% a year and Hungary at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Croatia | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 17.1 |
| 2022 | 10.7 | 14.6 |
| 2021 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | -0 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | -0.6 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 3.4 | 5.7 |
| 2011 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 2.1 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | 4.3 | 9.2 |
| 2000 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
| 1999 | 4 | 10 |
| 1998 | 6.7 | 14.2 |
| 1997 | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| 1996 | 3.6 | 23.5 |
| 1995 | 2 | 28.3 |
| 1994 | 97.5 | 18.9 |
| 1993 | 1,519 | 22.5 |
| 1992 | – | 23 |
| 1991 | – | 34.2 |
| 1990 | – | 29 |
| 1989 | – | 17 |
| 1988 | – | 15.8 |
| 1987 | – | 8.7 |
| 1986 | – | 5.3 |
| 1985 | – | 7 |
| 1984 | – | 8.7 |
| 1983 | – | 6.4 |
| 1982 | – | 7 |
| 1981 | – | 4.5 |
| 1980 | – | 9.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Croatia | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
| 2027 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 3 | 3 |
| 2029 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2030 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 2031 | 2.5 | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Croatia vs Hungary
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Hungary: 77 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCroatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Hungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Hungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Hungary: 100% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Hungary: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Hungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Hungary: 9.69 million people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Hungary: 0.07% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Hungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Hungary: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Hungary: 43.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Hungary: 20.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Hungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Hungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Hungary: $4.62B in 2025
- Military spending per personCroatia: $544 in 2025Hungary: $518 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Hungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Hungary: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Hungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Hungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Hungary: 402 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Hungary: 11 million TIV in 2024