National Benefit for the Elderly (in effect as of 2021)
Nacionalna naknada za starije osobe
Coverage
- Destitute elderly persons aged 65 or older and with at least 20 years of residence in Croatia.
Financing
- The benefits are entirely tax-financed out of the state budget.
Administration
- The ‘Croatian Pension Insurance Institute’.
Qualifying Conditions
- Persons must be Croatian citizens and at least 65 years old with 20 years of continuous residence in Croatia before submitting the application. The person must have no right to benefits from any other pension.
- The benefit is income-tested: the beneficiaries’ income and the monthly income per member of the household must be less than the amount of the national benefit for the elderly.
- The benefit can in principle be received together with other social assistance measures (exceptions are the guaranteed minimum benefit, accommodation services, and if a person has a right to lifelong maintenance based on a civil law contract).
Benefits
- The amount of the monthly flat-rate benefit has been established by the law; it amounts to HRK 800 (in 2021) and will be adjusted from 2022 onwards accounting for changes in consumer prices (price indexation).
- Benefit is not subject to income tax.
Coverage
Financing
Administration
Qualifying Conditions
Benefits
- Destitute elderly persons aged 65 or older and with at least 20 years of residence in Croatia.
- The benefits are entirely tax-financed out of the state budget.
- The ‘Croatian Pension Insurance Institute’.
- Persons must be Croatian citizens and at least 65 years old with 20 years of continuous residence in Croatia before submitting the application. The person must have no right to benefits from any other pension.
- The benefit is income-tested: the beneficiaries’ income and the monthly income per member of the household must be less than the amount of the national benefit for the elderly.
- The benefit can in principle be received together with other social assistance measures (exceptions are the guaranteed minimum benefit, accommodation services, and if a person has a right to lifelong maintenance based on a civil law contract).
- The amount of the monthly flat-rate benefit has been established by the law; it amounts to HRK 800 (in 2021) and will be adjusted from 2022 onwards accounting for changes in consumer prices (price indexation).
- Benefit is not subject to income tax.
Legal Basis: Act on National Benefit for the Elderly (Zakon o nacionalnoj naknadi za starije osobe, Narodne novine 62/2020).