Is Croatia a good place to live for remote workers?

Croatia scores 75/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 121.3 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 76, air quality 80; English not scored) — rank 46 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Croatia?

Median fixed broadband is around 121.3 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Croatia?

Single-person essentials run about $1,109/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.7× essentials).

Livability · rank 46/167

Is 🇭🇷 Croatia (Zagreb) a good place to live?

Quality score 75/100 against essentials of $1,109/month.

The five metrics

Internet 49 121.3 Mbps median broadband, 83.6% online

Safety 96 0.7 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 76 UHC service coverage 76/100 (2023)

Air quality 80 PM2.5 13.8 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: middling; World Bank WGI estimate 0.38 · corruption control 0.15 · stability 0.58 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $7.8 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $7.36/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($1,109)	Verdict
$2,000	1.8×	very comfortable
$3,000	2.7×	like royalty
$5,000	4.5×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

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Similar value-for-money

🇸🇰 Slovakia — quality 84.9, essentials $1,256/mo
🇧🇭 Bahrain — quality 61.3, essentials $910/mo
🇬🇭 Ghana — quality 45, essentials $669/mo
🇱🇹 Lithuania — quality 83, essentials $1,217/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Croatia a good place to live for remote workers?: Croatia scores 75/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 121.3 Mbps, safety 96, healthcare 76, air quality 80; English not scored) — rank 46 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Croatia?: Median fixed broadband is around 121.3 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Croatia?: Single-person essentials run about $1,109/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (2.7× essentials).