Economy of Croatia
Economy of Croatia
Currency
Kuna (HK)
Fiscal year
Calendar year
Trade
Organisations
WTO
Statistics
GDP Ranking
(2008)
78th [1]
GDP (2008)
EUR48.502
$69.332 current
$82.272 PPP billion
GDP growth rate
(2008)
8.7% nominal
7.2% per capita nom-
inal
4.5% real
3.7% per capita real
GDP per Capita
(2008)
EUR10,890
$15,628 current
$18,545 PPP
GDP by sector
(2007)
primary (3.1%)
industry (22.5%)
construction (11.2)
services (63.2%)
GDP structure
(2007)
Private consumption
(52.3%)
Public consumption
(18.7%)
Investments (32.8%)
Export (50.4%)
Import (54.2%)
Inflation rate
2008 4.5%, 4/2009
1.1% [2]
Pop below
poverty line
(2007)
11 %[3]
Pop below Gini
coefficient
(2007)
21.4 %
Employed Popu-
lation(2008)
1.781mio [4]
Employed Popu-
lation by occupa-
tion Q4 2008)
primary (4.3%)
secondary (25.1%)
tertiary (70.6%) [5]
Unemployment
rate
2008 9.2%, 3/2008
Main Industries
ferrous metallurgy
and aluminum
products, shipbuild-
ing; electronics (in-
cluding military elec-
tronics), electric
power equipment,
pharmaceuticals,
wood products, tex-
tiles, chemicals, ma-
chine tools
Total exports
2008 $14.45 billion
f.o.b. (2008 est.)
Main Partners
(2007 est)
Germany 18.7%%,
Italy 12.5%, Slovenia
8.2%, Austria 8.0%,
France 5.5%,
Total imports
2008 $26.2 billion
f.o.b. (2008 est.)
Main Partners
(2007 est)
Germany 18.5%%,
Italy 21.1%, Austria
12.3%, Slovenia
6.6%, France 5.0%,
Current account
balance 2008
$-4.7 billion (-6.7% of
GDP)
Public Finances
Total Public Debt
(2008)
20.5% of GDP
Revenues (2008) 41.5% of GDP
Expenses (2008) 42.6% of GDP
Budget Balance
(2008)
-0.27% of GDP
Economic Aid
(ODA) (2007)
EUR179.5 million
(0.12% of GNI)
The Economy of Croatia is a service-based
economy, with the service sector accounting
for 67% of the total GDP. The preliminary
GDP data for 2007 put Croatian GDP at 275.5
billion Croatian Kuna, or just over USD
12,400 per capita[6], putting Croatia ahead of
the EU member states Bulgaria, Romania,
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The estimated
Gross Domestic Product per capita in pur-
chasing p