Europe
Healthcare and travel insurance in Croatia
$1,548health spend per person
Healthcare in Croatia
Good public hospitals and many private polyclinics in cities; EU visitors use their EHIC (a fee still applies). Islands have only clinics, so serious cases go to the mainland.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: Schengen visa applicants need €30,000 medical cover; border guards may ask visa-free visitors for proof of insurance.
- Pharmacies: A ljekarna in every town, with night pharmacies in cities; pharmacists usually speak English.
- Doctors: 3.9 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 192 · Ambulance 194 · Fire 193 · All emergencies 112.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- SplitHealthcare & insurance
- DubrovnikHealthcare & insurance
- ZagrebHealthcare & insurance
- HvarHealthcare & insurance
- ZadarHealthcare & insurance
- PulaHealthcare & insurance
- RovinjHealthcare & insurance
- MakarskaHealthcare & insurance
- KorčulaHealthcare & insurance
- BračHealthcare & insurance
- ŠibenikHealthcare & insurance
- KrkHealthcare & insurance
- PorečHealthcare & insurance
- TrogirHealthcare & insurance
- VisHealthcare & insurance
- RijekaHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Croatian Ministry of the Interior: digital nomads
- UK FCDO travel advice: Croatia
- Speedtest Global Index: Croatia
- EF English Proficiency Index 2025: Croatia
- World Bank open data
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