About Croatia

General information

Official Name of Country	Republic of Croatia
Capital City	Zagreb
Political system	Parliamentary democracy
Population	4,089 million
Territorial Organization	20 Counties and City of Zagreb
Official language	Croatian
President of the Republic of Croatia	Kolinda Grabar Kitarović
President of the Government	Andrej Plenković
Land Area	56,594 sqm
Time zone	GMT+1
Neighboring countries	Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
Major cities	Split, Osijek, Rijeka
Climate	Mediterranean and Continental
Telephone Code	+385
Country Code Domain	.hr
Currency	kuna (HRK)
Financial center	Zagreb

Basic macroeconomic indicators

INDICATOR	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
GDP per capita (EUR)	11,169	10,480	10,524	10,476	10,314	10,293	10,254	10,616	11,180	11,882	12,594
GDP growth (%)	2.1	-7.4	-1.4	-0.3	-2.2	-0.5	-0.1	2.4	3.5	2.9	2.6
Unemployment rate (ILO, %)	8.5	9.2	11.6	13.7	15.9	17.3	17.3	16.2	13.1	11.2	8.9*
Inflation (%)	6.1	2.4	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.2	-0.2	-0.5	-1.1	1.1	1.5
Exports of goods and services (as of % GDP)	38.5	34.5	37.7	40.4	41.6	42.8	45.3	48.1	48.8	51.2	50.3
Gross salary (EUR)	1,030	1,056	1,040	1,035	1,044	1,040	1,042	1,058	1,029	1,079	1,140
Exchange rate HRK/EUR	7.22	7.34	7.29	7.43	7.52	7.57	7.63	7.61	7.53	7.46	7.41

*forecast

Foreign direct investments in the Republic of Croatia

From 1993 to Q3 2018 Croatia received foreign direct investments in the amount of 33,57 billion €.

FDI by activity

• 31% financial services
• 18% manufacturing
• 15% real estate and construction
• 15% trade
• 7% ICT
• 3% accommodation
  

Source: CNB

FDI by country

1. Netherlands (20%)
2. Austria (13%)
3. Italy (11%)
4. Germany (10%)
5. Luxembourg (8%)
6. Hungary (8%)
7. Slovenia (4%)
8. United Kingdom (3%)
9. France (3%)
10. Switzerland (2%)

Source: CNB