# Croatia and Slovenia compared Croatia and Slovenia side by side: 42 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 3 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/hrv-vs-svn Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Croatia: c. 925 — Tomislav is the first Croatian ruler titled king - Slovenia: 1991 — Slovenia wins its independence from Yugoslavia ## Economy | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $93 B | 2024 | $73 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $24,050 | 2024 | $34,301 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 3.8% | 2024 | 1.7% | 2024 | | Inflation | 3.0% | 2024 | 2.0% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 104.9% | 2024 | 155.7% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 3.9 m | 2024 | 2.1 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 78.9 yrs | 2024 | 82.3 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 57.5% | 2024 | 55.8% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.5 | 2024 | 1.5 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 68.2 | 2024 | 75.4 | 2024 | | Political stability | 75.8 | 2024 | 78.2 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 65.1 | 2024 | 72.5 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 59.4 | 2024 | 67.5 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 63.5 | 2024 | 73.8 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 50.9 | 2024 | 61.5 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 7.1% | 2023 | 9.9% | 2024 | | Physicians | 3.91 | 2022 | 3.37 | 2022 | | Under-5 mortality | 5.6 | 2024 | 2.3 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 90.0% | 2024 | 95.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 87.3% | 2024 | 99.6% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 98.2% | 2001 | — | — | | Education spending | 4.1% | 2021 | 5.3% | 2022 | | Primary enrolment | 101.2% | 2023 | 100.9% | 2023 | | Secondary enrolment | 105.0% | 2023 | 107.6% | 2023 | | Tertiary enrolment | 81.2% | 2023 | 80.1% | 2023 | ## Technology | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 1.4% | 2023 | 2.1% | 2023 | | Researchers (per million) | 2,440 | 2023 | 5,616 | 2023 | | Internet users | 83.6% | 2024 | 90.8% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 122 | 2024 | 131 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 11.7% | 2024 | 8.3% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 55,960 km² | 2023 | 20,135 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 34.8% | 2023 | 61.2% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 26.6% | 2023 | 30.4% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 4.8 | 2024 | 6.3 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 34.1% | 2021 | 23.4% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 0.7% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.3% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.2% | 2021 | 0.2% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 100.0% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Croatia | Observed | Slovenia | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 1.8% | 2024 | 1.3% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $1.6 B | 2024 | $952 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 20,000 | 2020 | 7,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/HRV.md and https://terralore.co/country/SVN.md. ## Entangled histories (3 events) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 4 Nov 2009: **Arbitration Agreement with Croatia** — Slovenia and Croatia signed an Arbitration Agreement submitting their land and maritime border dispute, including Piran Bay, to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. (from the Slovenia chronicle; sources: Arbitration (the border dispute with Croatia); Arbitration between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia (PCA Case No. 2012-04, Final Award 29 June 2017)) - 29 Jun 2017: **PCA award on the Piran Bay border** — The Permanent Court of Arbitration rendered its Final Award, fixing the land and maritime boundary through Piran Bay and granting Slovenia a junction to the high seas; Slovenia accepted the award, Croatia rejected it. (from the Slovenia chronicle; sources: Arbitration between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia (PCA Case No. 2012-04, Final Award 29 June 2017); Arbitration (the border dispute with Croatia)) - 29 Jun 2017: **Piran Bay arbitration award** — The Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its Final Award on the Croatia-Slovenia border in the Gulf of Piran; Croatia, which had withdrawn from the process in 2015, declared it did not consider itself bound by the ruling. (from the Croatia chronicle; sources: Arbitration (Croatia-Slovenia border, Final Award 29 June 2017)) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/HRV/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/SVN/chronicle.md. 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