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Croatia

Capital: ZagrebRegion: Europe & Central AsiaIncome: High income
GDP
$113.13B
2026
Population
3.9M
2024
GDP per Capita
$29K
2026
Life Expectancy
78.5 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$113.13B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)2.7%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$29K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$207.40B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$54K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.10%2026
GNI (Current USD)$93.33B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$22K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$50K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)19.2%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)60.8%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)2.9%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)23.0%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)57.2%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)24.4%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)22.2%2024
GDP Deflator (%)4.5%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$100K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)10.5%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)25.6%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$15K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)8.3%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-4.6%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.28%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.18%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.7%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.22%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$17.85B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.8%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)57.4%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-2.8%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.0%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)5.0%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)3.0%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)35.1%2023
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)21.2%2023
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)47.1%2023
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)7.9%2023
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)3.2%2023
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$3.34B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)0.72024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)0.922024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)104.9%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)54.8%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$46.62B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$50.93B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$25.95B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$45.86B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)4.9%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)3.0%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$4.54B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$6.70B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)7.2%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)11.7%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.1%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.05B2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)46.9%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)29.9%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$27.82B2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)0.3%2024
Listed Domestic Companies812024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)9.3%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)3.6%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)92.6%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)92.1%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)93.3%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)30.9%2023

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)1242023

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)3.6%2023
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)34.3%2023
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)26.2%2023
Average Firm Age (years)32 years2023
Firms Using Computers (%)31.9%2023

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population3.9M2024
Population Growth (%)0.2%2024
Population Density (per km²)692023
Surface Area (sq km)88,0702023
Land Area (sq km)55,9602023
Urban Population (%)57.5%2024
Urban Population (total)2.2M2024
Rural Population (%)42.5%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth78.5 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male75.4 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female81.7 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.32023
Death Rate (per 1,000)13.32023
Net Migration-3,4812025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)13.9%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)62.9%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)23.2%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)59.0%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)113.32023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)49.02023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force1.7M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)52.1%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)47.4%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)57.4%2025
Unemployment (%)5.0%2025
Female Unemployment (%)5.1%2025
Male Unemployment (%)4.9%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)16.5%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)4.3%2025
Employment in Industry (%)26.4%2025
Employment in Services (%)69.3%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)6.3%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)87.3%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)25.8%2024
Employers (% of total employment)6.4%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)47.5%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)4.1%2021
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)8.5%2021
Primary School Enrollment (%)101.2%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)105.0%2023
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)81.2%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)100.5%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)100.1%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary2,6422023
Primary School Teachers13,4412023
Secondary School Teachers53,2312023
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary142016
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary72016

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.1%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$2K2023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)6.0%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)9.4%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)3.92022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)8.02022
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)5.62023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)4.62023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)4.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)5.02023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)3.4%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)91.5%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)5.1%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)90.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)92.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)72024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)36.7%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)37.3%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)15.72021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)7.72020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)2,2372023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)4,4842023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)69.9%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)34.1%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)16.12020
Forest Area (%)34.8%2023
Forest Area (sq km)19,4662023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)24.1%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)9.3%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.9%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)95.8%2021

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)26.6%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)5,9142023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)89.52022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)85.22022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)97.82022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)539,5902023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)169.02023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)1.6%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)1.8%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)83.6%2024
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)28.52023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)29,458.62024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)1.40%2022
Patent Applications, Residents772021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents112021
Scientific Journal Articles5,7112022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$1.92B2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)7.7%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident2852021
Researchers in R&D (per million)2,5342022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried1.7M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)0.12023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)544,0152022
Rail Lines (total km)2,6172021
Railways, Passengers (million km)5402021
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)3,1722021
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.302022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.2%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)33.1%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)49.3%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)91.5%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)98.0%2016
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)6.62023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.062020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption0.182023
Government Effectiveness0.712023
Regulatory Quality0.642023
Voice & Accountability0.572023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)59.9%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)75.5%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)59.4%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)67.8%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.8%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.2%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.72023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)0.3%2023
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)0.6%2023
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)2.0%2023
Gini Index30.12023
Income Share, Top 10%23.3%2023
Income Share, Bottom 10%2.9%2023
Income Share, Top 20%38.0%2023
Income Share, Bottom 20%7.8%2023
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)6.5%2023
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)41.352023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.712020
Human Capital Index, Female0.742020
Human Capital Index, Male0.682020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School10.4 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals21.6M2020
International Tourism, Departures678,0002020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$5.63B2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$789.7M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)23.4%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$63.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City684,3592025
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.5%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.5%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)74.7%2021