Croatia has a complex and mature social protection system which covers all main social risks and reaches a large share of the population. However, the system is fragmented, costly to administer and only a small share of its spending is targeted to the poorest.

In order to improve the system, the Government, in partnership with the World Bank, initiated a wide-ranging and complex set of reforms of the social protection system supported through the Eur70 million Social Protection System Modernization Project.