Poverty is a persistent and global problem that is visible on a global scale. Despite improvements in some areas of living standards in the context of access to basic health care and basic education, reduction of illiteracy and child mortality, longer life expectancy, etc., the number of the world's poor is not decreasing. Today, Croatia belongs to the middle rank of EU countries based on the level of income inequality according to the Gini coefficient. Relative poverty has remained stable over the past decade. Progress in reducing poverty in Croatia has been contributed to by political decisions and actions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia in the context of the adoption of the National Plan for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion from 2021 to 2027. The Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds (MRDEUF), the Ministry of Social Policy and Youth (MSPY), the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and other government bodies are working to obtain more details and additional evidence on the geographical distribution of poverty and social exclusion. resources available to combat poverty and social exclusion.