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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Croatia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Croatia best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 23.25 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021
USD 63.40 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 124.78 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.9% | –8% | 6.3% |
*Estimate
USD 15,807.70 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 31,112.00 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
(2020 estimate)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 2% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 12.4% | 9.9% | 7.8% | 9% | 8.4% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 77.5% | 74.3% | 72.8% | 88.7% | 87% |
*Estimate
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021* |
| 3.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% | –5.7% | –2.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB–
Moody's: Ba1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)
USD 22.2 billion (2020) World Bank / Market capitalization
USD -0.06 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
-0.1% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
42% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)
0.1% (2020)
0.2% (2020)
Refined petroleum, packaged medicines, cars, medical cultures/vaccines, lumber (2019)
Crude petroleum, cars, refined petroleum, packaged medicines, electricity (2019)
Italy 13%, Germany 13%, Slovenia 10%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 9%, Austria 6%, Serbia 5% (2019)
Italy 14%, Germany 14%, Slovenia 11%, Hungary 7%, Austria 6% (2019)
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 1,808 million | USD 2,037 million | USD 1,159 million |
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| USD 1,808 million | USD 2,037 million | USD 1,159 million |
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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
44 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 45 / Score: 67.6 (Moderately Free)
The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom
Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)
Roman Catholic 86.3%, Orthodox 4.4%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.5%, not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 |
| 4.78 million | 4.47 million | 4.3million | 4.2 million | 4.05 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
| 30.2% | 47.3% | 53.4 | 57.6% |
Total population: 99.3%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 98.9% (2015)
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
0.6% (last available estimate, 2019)
28.9 (last available estimate, 2019)
Total score: 85/100
Status: Free
Political Rights: 36/40
Civil Liberties: 49/60 (2022)
Fixed: 31.7%
Mobile: 106.6% (2020) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)