Croatia vs Slovenia
Croatia vs Slovenia: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 98.2% in Croatia in 2001 and 99.5% in Slovenia in 1991, by UNESCO estimates. In 1991 the value was higher in Slovenia, by 2.8 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Croatia.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Slovenia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1991.
- The world as a whole: 75.1% in 1991.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Croatia | Slovenia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 86 |
| 2014 | – | – | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | – | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | – | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | – | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | 98.2 | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | 96.7 | 99.5 | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- 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 Slovenia
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Slovenia: 81.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCroatia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Slovenia: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovenia: 1.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Slovenia: 98.3% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Slovenia: 2.86% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovenia: 14.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Slovenia: 2.12 million people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovenia: 0.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Slovenia: 1.58 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Slovenia: 56% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Slovenia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Slovenia: 21.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovenia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Slovenia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Slovenia: $1.14B in 2025
- Military spending per personCroatia: $544 in 2025Slovenia: $577 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Slovenia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Slovenia: 7,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Slovenia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Slovenia: 0.68% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Slovenia: 19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Slovenia: 3 million TIV in 2024