# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise death rate, 2023

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_death_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/croatia-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Šibensko-kninska županija | 6.39 |
| 2 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | 6.34 |
| 3 | Primorsko-goranska županija | 5.99 |
| 4 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | 5.94 |
| 5 | Međimurska županija | 5.81 |
| 6 | Požeško-slavonska županija | 5.78 |
| 7 | Osječko-baranjska županija | 5.69 |
| 8 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | 5.59 |
| 9 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | 5.43 |
| 10 | Grad Zagreb | 5.41 |
| 11 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | 5.38 |
| 12 | Zadarska županija | 5.27 |
| 13 | Karlovačka županija | 5.22 |
| 14 | Istarska županija | 5.03 |
| 15 | Ličko-senjska županija | 4.83 |
| 16 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | 4.79 |
| 17 | Varaždinska županija | 4.66 |
| 18 | Zagrebačka županija | 4.63 |
| 19 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | 4.6 |
| 20 | Brodsko-posavska županija | 4.58 |
| 21 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | 4.5 |