COMPARISON OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND SELECTED COUNTRIES

Tema ovog rada je Usporedba dostignute razine životnog standarda u Republici Hrvatskoj i odabranim zemljama. Cilj rada je istražiti dostignutu razinu životnog standarda u Republici Hrvatskoj te ju usporediti s odabranim zemljama Europske Unije i trećim zemljama. Analiza je izvršena uz pomoć pokazatelja životnog standarda koji su objašnjeni u teorijskom dijelu. U praktičnom dijelu su istražene vrijednosti predmetnih pokazatelja te je izvršena vremenska usporedba kao i usporedba s drugim, odabranim zemljama. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je stanje u Hrvatskoj sve bolje, ali kad uspoređujemo Hrvatsku s drugim odabranim zemljama rezultati nisu tako pozitivni. Prema odabranim indeksima Republika Hrvatska se nalazi na 46. mjestu prema indeksu ljudskog razvoja, što je dosta dobro jer se uspoređuje s ukupno 189 država, no kada se gleda indeks konkurentnosti Hrvatska je opet pri dnu, nalazi se na 60. mjestu od svega 63 države.The topic of this paper is a comparison of the achieved standard of living in the Republic of Croatia and selected countries. The aim of this paper is to investigate the achieved standard of living in the Republic of Croatia and compare it with selected countries of the European Union and third countries. The analysis was performed with the help of living standard indicators which are explained in the theoretical part. In the practical part, the values of the subject indicators were investigated and a time comparison was made, as well as a comparison with other, selected countries. The results of the research show that the situation in Croatia is getting better, but when we compare Croatia with other selected countries, the results are not so positive. According to the selected indices, the Republic of Croatia is on the 46th place according to the human development index, which is quite good because it is compared with a total of 189 countries, but when looking at the competitiveness index Croatia is again at the bottom, it is on the 60th place out of 63 countries