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2024
global knowledge index
Croatia
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):159.305
- Population:3,896,024
- HDI:0.878
34/141
Gki
Score
58.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Croatia is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 34th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 34th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Enrolment in master's, doctoral or equivalent (%)
- Product concentration
- Proportion of skilled production workers
- Completion rate in upper secondary education
- ISO 14001 environmental certificates (per billion GDP)
Areas of Improvement
- State of cluster development
- Firms producing new products and services (%)
- Extent of staff training
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
- University-industry collaboration in R&D
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
46
72.93
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
28
60.19
Higher
Education
24
57.43
Research, Development
and Innovation
38
36.63
Information and
Communications Technology
32
62.93
Economy
41
59.95
Enabling
Environment
31
68.87
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GKI Pillars
