Croatia's other expense (% of expense) was 11.32% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.76 percentage points from 6.57% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.32% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 5.92% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.57% | 2013 |
| Highest | 11.32% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 0.19% | 1991 |
| Average since 2014 | 6.42% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.19% | 1991 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Croatia's other expense (% of expense) rose 5.89 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.43% to 11.32%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.89 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.33 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Croatia had the 20th highest value of the 77 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 11.32% | 2023 |
| World | 7.7% | 2022 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 7.13% | 2023 |
| High income | 9.44% | 2023 |
Closest to Croatia in the 2023 ranking
- Georgia — 17th of 77: 11.6%
- Latvia — 18th of 77: 11.56%
- Bahamas, The — 19th of 77: 11.53%
- Iceland — 21st of 77: 10.57%
- Norway — 22nd of 77: 10.18%
- Switzerland — 23rd of 77: 10.15%
What this measures
Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 33 values
| Year | Other expense (% of expense) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.32 |
| 2022 | 5.43 |
| 2021 | 5.51 |
| 2020 | 5.48 |
| 2019 | 5.66 |
| 2018 | 5.92 |
| 2017 | 6.1 |
| 2016 | 6.26 |
| 2015 | 6.23 |
| 2014 | 6.33 |
| 2013 |
Other expense (% of expense) in nearby economies
More public sector data for Croatia
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 2.1 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.86 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 2.02% (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 4.14% (2025)
- Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) — 0.45 (2023)
- Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) — 0.9 (2023)
- Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 0.67 (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 2.54 billion (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 3.21% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Croatia's other expense (% of expense)?
- 11.32% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 11.14 percentage points from 0.19% in 1991. The highest value was 11.32% in 2023 and the lowest 0.19% in 1991.
- How does Croatia rank?
- 20th highest of 77 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in other expense (% of expense) unusual for Croatia?
- In 2023, Croatia's other expense (% of expense) rose 5.89 percentage points on 2022 (from 5.43% to 11.32%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.93 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.XPN.OTHR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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