About Croatia

General information

Official Name of the Country Republic of Croatia
Capital City Zagreb
Political System Parliamentary democracy
Population 3.854 million
Territorial Organization 20 Counties and the City of Zagreb
Official Language Croatian
President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović
President of the Government Andrej Plenković
Land Area 56,594 sqm
Time zone GMT+1
Neighbouring Countries Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro
Major cities
Split, Osijek, Rijeka
Climate Mediterranean and Continental
International Dialling Code +385
Country Internet Domain .hr
Currency EUR
Financial Centre Zagreb

Basic macroeconomic indicators

INDICATOR 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
GDP per capita (EUR) 10 438 10 503 10 516 10 880 11 365 12 088 12 814 13 594 12 593 15 171 17 732 19 847
GDP growth (%) -2.3 -0.4 -0.4 2.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.4 -8.6 13.0 7.0 3.1
Unemployment rate (ILO, %) 15.9 17.3 17.3 16.2 13.1 11.2 8.4 6.6 7.5 7.6 7.0 6.1
Inflation (%) 3.4 2.2 -0.2 -0.5 -1.1 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.1 2.6 10.8 8.4
Exports of goods and services (as of % GDP) 39.1 39.6 42.2 45.3 47.0 49.6 50.1 51.3 41.4 49.9 59.2 54.3
Gross salary (EUR) 1 045 1 054 1 056 1 069 1 029 1 069 1 121 1 163 1 223 1 274 1 380 1 584

Foreign direct investments in the Republic of Croatia

From 1993 to and including the first half of 2024 Croatia received foreign direct investments in the amount of 51.2 billion €.

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