Pensioners are one of the most vulnerable social groups, and their standard of living can be protected by creating social policies that take into consideration intergenerational solidarity and the sustainability of the pension system, which would not be possible without high-quality statistical indicators. In addition to the fact that statistical data provide insight into the adjustment of the increase in pensions with the increase in living costs, thus serving to determine whether it is necessary to introduce additional social assistance measures for pensioners, these data also point to numerous demographic changes such as the aging of the population and the increase in the number of pensioners compared to the active working-age population, which consequently requires designing long-term strategies.

The average pension in December 2025 was 611 euro, which was an increase of 57 euro, or 10.3%, as compared to the average pension paid in December 2024.

In December 2025, there were 1 228 747 pension beneficiaries in total, and compared to December 2024, their number increased by 1 445 beneficiaries, or by 0.1%.

Most of the pension beneficiaries were the beneficiaries who realised their right to a pension according to the Pension Insurance Act. There were 1 132 070 of them, which was 92.1% of the total number of beneficiaries. They were followed by pension beneficiaries who exercised their right to a pension according to the Act on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Their Family Members, 72 519 of them, which accounted for 5.9% of the total number of beneficiaries. Next were pension beneficiaries who exercised their right to a pension according to the Act on Rights Arising from Pension Insurance of Military Personnel, Police Officers and Authorised Officials, 16 278 of them, representing 1.3% of the total number of beneficiaries. The fewest were the pension beneficiaries who were entitled to a pension according to the Agreement Between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Co-operation in the Right of the BH War Victims that Were Members of the Croatian Defence Council and Their Families, 7 880 of them, who accounted for only 0.7% of the total number of beneficiaries.

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