EU
Croatia
~30%
Work in exposed occupations
~517 k · estimate · 2025
4.3%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
16.4%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Jun 2026
1.3%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
74.4%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
15%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.58
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
1.70 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
CroatiaEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Croatia
- 49Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 5Low
- 11Medium
- 9High
- 6Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+4.3%
Change 2025→2035
565 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
490 k
Replacement demand
+75 k
Expansion
- Information and communications technology professionals+72.8%
- Personal care workers+59.6%
- Administrative and commercial managers+53.1%
- Business and administration professionals+37.9%
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators+33.4%
- Electrical and electronic trades workers+25.9%
- Numerical and material recording clerks−16.7%
- Sales workers−17.0%
- Information and communications technicians−17.7%
- Health associate professionals−23.7%
- Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport−26.6%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−38.1%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
No WEF profile for this country.