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Hungary and Croatia

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Hungary

Croatia

The widest gap is Disposable income per person: Croatia €15,057 against Hungary €8,792, 71.3% apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Hungary
Croatia

People

Median age0.7 years
44.8 years
45.5 years
Life expectancy at birth2.1 years
76.8 years
78.9 years
People2.46×
9.5m
3.9m
People per square kilometre50.8%
105 per km²
69.3 per km²
Women in the population0.6 points
51.7%
51.2%
Born abroad6.8 points
7.3%
14.1%
Born outside the EU8.8 points
3.6%
12.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person71.3%
€8,792
€15,057
Average net income57.6%
€10,211
€16,097
Take-home pay, average-wage worker9.5%
€15,432
€16,892
Gross pay, average-wage worker6.1%
€23,206
€24,612
Minimum wage15.9%
€906
€1,050
In work, age 20 to 646.7 points
81.1%
74.4%
Out of work0.5 points
4.4%
4.9%
Hours worked a week0.1 hours
39.5 hours
39.6 hours
At risk of poverty5.5 points
14.0%
19.5%
Housing costs over 40% of income2.1 points
5.3%
3.2%
GDP per person4.1%
€23,000
€23,950

Family and home

People at home13.0%
2.3
2.6
Households with children2.2 points
29.9%
32.1%
Children per woman3.5%
1.41
1.46
Own their home1.6 points
89.8%
91.4%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds14.1%
637 per 100,000 people
558 per 100,000 people
Doctors10.8%
371 per 100,000 people
411 per 100,000 people
Nurses7.4%
682 per 100,000 people
733 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree0.6 points
31.6%
31.0%
Students per 1,000 people24.1%
32.4 per 1,000 people
40.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them5.4%
€10,135
€10,678
Tax raised per person13.1%
€7,594
€8,586
Government debt18.3 points
74.6%
56.3%

Country and infrastructure

Land area64.3%
93,012 km²
56,594 km²
Railway density74.1%
81.5 per 1,000 km²
46.8 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density16.7%
20.8 per 1,000 km²
24.3 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people15.2%
461 per 1,000 people
531 per 1,000 people
Households with internet6.0 points
93.9%
87.9%
Tourist nights per resident7.05×
3.47
24.46

Environment

Renewable energy8.9 points
19.6%
28.5%
Land under forest11.9 points
22.9%
34.8%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Hungary

Croatia

Function
Hungary
Croatia
21.2%
11.5%
4.2%
3.1%
3.7%
5.1%
16.3%
13.2%
0.8%
2.6%
2.0%
3.1%
10.0%
18.7%
5.2%
3.5%
10.4%
10.5%
26.0%
28.8%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Hungary and Croatia

  1. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 1.8 points: Croatia 2.6%, Hungary 0.8%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  2. Where do more people live: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 2.46×: Hungary 9.5m, Croatia 3.9m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  3. Which spends more on health per resident: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 96.7%: Croatia €1,996, Hungary €1,015. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where were more residents born abroad: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 6.8 points: Croatia 14.1%, Hungary 7.3%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  5. Who has more to spend, the typical person in Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 71.3%: Croatia €15,057, Hungary €8,792. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 74.1%: Hungary 81.5, Croatia 46.8. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. rail_if_line_tr · 2024. See the figure

  7. Which has more forest: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 11.9 points: Croatia 34.8%, Hungary 22.9%. Share of the land area under forest. for_area · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 24.1%: Croatia 40.2, Hungary 32.4. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 14.1%: Hungary 637, Croatia 558. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where do more people share a home: Hungary or Croatia?

    The gap is 13.0%: Croatia 2.6, Hungary 2.3. Average number of people living in a private household. ilc_lvph01 · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.