Croatia
Capital: Zagreb · High income · Pop. 3.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Croatia, 87.27% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 492,167 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 74.73% use safely managed sanitation services and 95.79% have at least a basic service (2021).
Croatia has about 9,778 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 2% of those internal resources annually (low water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 7% of Croatia's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Croatia have safe drinking water?
87.27% of Croatia's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 492,167 people do not.
Does Croatia have enough freshwater?
Croatia has roughly 9,778 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 2% of it annually (low stress).