Croatia vs Serbia
Croatia vs Serbia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 83.6% in Croatia and 87.7% in Serbia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Serbia, by 4.1 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Croatia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Serbia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Croatia.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Croatia | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 83.6 | 87.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 83.2 | 85.4 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 82.1 | 83.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 81.3 | 81.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 79.1 | 77.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 75.3 | 73.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 67.1 | 70.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 72.7 | 67.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 69.9 | 65.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 68.6 | 62.1 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 66.8 | 53.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 61.9 | 48.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 57.8 | 42.2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 56.6 | 40.9 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 50.6 | 38.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 44.2 | 35.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 41.4 | 33.2 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 38 | 27.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 33.1 | 26.3 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 30.9 | 23.5 | – |
| 2003 | 22.8 | – | – |
| 2002 | 17.8 | – | – |
| 2001 | 11.6 | – | – |
| 2000 | 6.6 | – | – |
| 1999 | 4.4 | – | – |
| 1998 | 3.3 | – | – |
| 1997 | 1.7 | – | – |
| 1996 | 0.9 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0.5 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0.3 | – | – |
| 1993 | 0.1 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Croatia vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCroatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Serbia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personCroatia: $544 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025