September the 23rd, 2026 – The latest HRejting poll has revealed that Croatians still fear corruption and inflation more than climate change or wars.
Corruption and the complete non-functioning of the rule of law are the greatest threat for the citizens of Croatia, according to a new HRejting survey. Index reports that the poll was conducted for HRT by the agency Promocija plus between the 15th and the 18th of September on a sample of 1,000 respondents. The maximum sampling error is +/- 3.04 percent, at a 95 percent confidence level.
what do croatians fear the most?
Respondents were asked 21 questions about the threats they fear the most. As many as 73.4 percent of respondents listed corruption and the non-functioning of the rule of law as one of the greatest. Immediately behind that are inflation and the rise in the cost of living, followed by ecological incidents and pollution.
69 percent of citizens fear serious illnesses, while almost 64 percent fear poverty. Immediately behind is the fear of a rise in crime. A decline in the quality of public healthcare worries 62 percent of those surveyed, followed by alienation among people and the mass departure of young people. Around 56 percent of citizens fear climate change and natural disasters. Around 53 percent of respondents fear political instability. A slightly smaller percentage worries about the loss of personal freedoms, cyber attacks and the uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence. Mass migrations and demographic collapse are seen as a threat by around 52 percent of those polled. At the bottom of the list of threats are terrorism, job loss and technological lagging. The fewest respondents, 39 percent, fear war and military conflict in the region.
most expect a less secure future for croatia
The survey also covered the question of Croatia’s security in the next ten years. More than half of the respondents, precisely 51.6 percent, believe that life in the country will be significantly less secure. That the security situation will remain roughly the same is thought by 29 percent of those polled. Only 10 percent expect that Croatia will be significantly more secure, while 8.5 percent did not know how to assess the future state.
