Croatia
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
47.3composite, 0–100
36 / 45rank · 26 of 27 in EU-27
+3.5change since 2015, time-varying indicators
CroatiaEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 54.5 | 30 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 64.8 | 13 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 18.3 | 44 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 48.6 | 37 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 50.1 | 28 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 47.3 | 36 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
CroatiaEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Strategy for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship 2015–2020 (lapsed); new SE strategy under preparation via TSI · source | 1/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Labour — SE policy unit in Directorate for Labour Market (2025) · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Public Procurement Act (2016, amended 2022) · source | 1/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 None in force (2015–2020 Strategy definition lapsed) · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 None (general laws on associations, cooperatives, companies) · source | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Civil-society programmes (ACT Group Social Impact Academy, CID, CEF); ACT Čakovec Competence Centre for Social Innovation · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 ESF+ 2021–2027 (no SE earmark); ERDF; Interreg 3P4SSE · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 No national line; support via ESF+/ERDF (Efficient Human Resources 2021–2027) | 1/2 |
Policy composite 35.4 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Croatia: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/croatia/