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Youth policy in Croatia
National youth policy falls within the scope of the Central State Office for Demography and Youth and is regulated by the department of youth within this office. Even though recognized as a unique field, youth policy is still is a shared domain across other ministries, predominantely Ministry of Science and Education and Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy.
The needs, potentials and possibilities for young people are not defined nor supported by the Law on Youth but with the strategy (The National Youth Strategy) which is considered to be the focal point for youth policy in Croatia. Nevertheless, the only normative act within the youth field is the Law on Youth Advisory Boards which conceptualizes the basic aspects of local youth policy.
Youth policy is made through the participatory process of consultation with relevant youth organizations and tends to be supported in evidences produced by scientific research.
In Croatia, the share of young people, aged 15–30 is declining, while at the beginning of the 1990s there was around 21%, according to the last census (2023) there the share of young people in the population is 17.2%.
Ratio of young people in the total population on 1st January
Ratio of men and women in the youth population
Statistic references
References:
Ratio (%) of young people in the total population (2017): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 4/09/2018].
Absolute number of young people on 1 January for the age group 15-29 (2017): Eurostat, yth_demo_010 [data extracted on 4/09/2018].
Ratio (%) of men and women in the youth population (2017): Eurostat, yth_demo_020 [data extracted on 4/09/2018].
Young immigrants from non-EU countries (2016): Eurostat, yth_demo_070 [data extracted on 4/09/2018].