Source
Central bank

Croatian National Bank

International Reserves

USD 23.25 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 63.40 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 124.78 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
3.4% 2.8% 2.9% –8% 6.3%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 15,807.70 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 31,112.00 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total
0.09% (2021 estimate)
 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 3.3% 
  • industry: 21.5% 
  • services: 58.9%

(2020 estimate)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.1% 1.5% 0.8% 0.1% 2%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
12.4% 9.9% 7.8% 9% 8.4%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

 

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
77.5% 74.3% 72.8% 88.7% 87%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
3.2% 2.3% 2.3% –5.7% –2.6%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: BBB–

Moody's: Ba1

Standard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)

Market value of publicly traded shares

USD 22.2 billion (2020) World Bank / Market capitalization

Largest companies

N/A

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD -0.06 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-0.1% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

42% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.1% (2020)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.2% (2020)

Total exports

USD 23.5 billion (2020 estimate)

Export commodities

Refined petroleum, packaged medicines, cars, medical cultures/vaccines, lumber (2019)

Total imports

USD 27.5 billion (2020 estimate)

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Crude petroleum, cars, refined petroleum, packaged medicines, electricity (2019)

Exports - major partners

Italy 13%, Germany 13%, Slovenia 10%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9%, Austria 6%, Serbia 5% (2019)

Imports - major partners

Italy 14%, Germany 14%, Slovenia 11%, Hungary 7%, Austria 6% (2019)

FDI inflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 1,808 million USD 2,037 million USD 1,159 million
FDI outflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 1,808 million USD 2,037 million USD 1,159 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

51 out of 190 countries

​Subcategories:

Starting a Business: 114 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 150 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 37 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 38 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 37 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 49 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 1 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 27 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 63 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020

Global competitiveness ranking

44 out of 141 countries

(2019)

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 45 / Score: 67.6 (Moderately Free)
The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC+1

Total area

56,594 sq km

Capital

Zagreb 

Currency

Kuna (HRK) 

Government type

Parliamentary democracy

Languages

Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
4.78 million 4.47 million 4.3million 4.2 million 4.05 million

*Estimate

 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2020
30.2% 47.3% 53.4 57.6%
Population median age

43.9 years (2022 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.47% (2022 est.)

Life expectancy

77.2 years (2022 est.)

Literacy

Total population: 99.3%

Male: 99.7%

Female: 98.9% (2015)

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write 

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

0.6% (last available estimate, 2019)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

28.9 (last available estimate, 2019)

Freedom House rating

Total score: 85/100

Status: Free

Political Rights: 36/40

Civil Liberties: 49/60 (2022)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 31.7%

Mobile: 106.6% (2020) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

78.3% (2020)

Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

CO2 emissions

4.1 metric tons per capita (2018)

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