Economy of Croatia

Economy of Croatia
Zagreb
Currency	Croatian kuna (HRK, kn)
Fiscal year	Calendar year
Trade organisations	EU, WTO
Statistics
GDP	$57.283 billion (2013 nominal) $77.9 billion (2013 PPP)
GDP rank	73rd (nominal) / 82nd (PPP)
GDP growth	0.3% (real, Q4 2014) [1] 0.4% (real, 2014)
GDP per capita	$13,561 (Nominal, 2013) $20,904 (PPP, 2013)[2]
GDP by sector	agriculture: 4.7%; industry: 33.1%; services: 62.2% (2012 est.)
GDP by component	Private consumption (52.3%) Public consumption (18.7%) Investments (32.8%) Export (50.4%) Import (54.2%) (2007)
Inflation (CPI)	0.1% (2015 Mar) [3]
Population below poverty line	18% (2012)
Gini coefficient	0.31 (2012)
Labour force	1.677,819 million (2013 )
Labour force by occupation	agriculture: 2.1%; industry: 29.0%; services: 69.0% (2012)
Unemployment	19.7% (March 2015) [3]
Average gross salary	8,067 HRK / 1151 $, monthly (December 2014)[4]
Average net salary	5,716 HRK / 815 $, monthly (December 2014)[4]
Main industries	chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminium, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages, tourism
Ease-of-doing-business rank	89th [5]
External
Exports	$14.04 billion (86.th), (2014 est.)[6]
Export goods	transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Main export partners	Italy 14.9%  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.2%  Germany 10.6%  Slovenia 8.8%  Austria 6.8% (2012 est.)[7]
Imports	$22.90 billion (2014 est.)[6]
Import goods	machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Main import partners	Italy 16.7%  Germany 12.9%  Russia 7.6%  China 7.1%  Slovenia 5.9%  Austria 4.5% (2012 est.)[8]
FDI stock	$36.17 billion (As of Q2 2014)
Gross external debt	249.8 billion HRK , $ 41.17 USD aprx. (Q2 2014)
Public finances
Public debt	75.7% (September 2014) of GDP . Expected rising to 81.8 % of GDP by end of 2014. Budget Deficit: -5.2 % GDP (Q2 2014). Expected rising to -5.8 % GDP by the end of 2014.
Revenues	$20.12 billion (2014 Budget)[9]
Expenses	$2 billion (2014 Budget)[9]
Economic aid	EUR179.5 million (0.12% of GNI) (2007)
Credit rating	BB+ (Domestic) BB (Foreign) (December 14') [10]
Foreign reserves	US $ 16.37 billion (August 2014)[11]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

Economy of Croatia is a service-based economy with the tertiary sector accounting for 70% of total gross domestic product (GDP). After the collapse of socialism, Croatia went through a process of transition to a market-based economy in the 1990s, but its economy suffered badly during the 1991-95 war. After the war the economy began to improve, before the financial crisis of 2007–08 the Croatian economy grew at a healthy 4-5% annually, incomes doubled, and economic and social opportunities dramatically improved. Croatian economy was badly affected by the financial crisis, and contracted by 6.9% in 2009, 1.4% in 2010, then showed signs of recovery in 2011 with 0.0% real GDP growth, but contracted again in 2012 by 1.8%.

Croatia joined NATO in 2009 and became a member of the European Union on 1 July 2013. The prolonged crisis, together with slow progress of economic reforms, is testing this progress, as well as Croatia’s aspirations, as the country has now entered its sixth year of recession. Estimate is that Croatia's real GDP contracted by 0.6% in 2014. The recession is set to end in 2015 with a real GDP growth at 0%, which will gradually rise to 1.0% in 2016 and 1.8% in 2018. The general government deficit will remain at 4.9% of GDP in 2015, before gradually shrinking to 3.0% by 2018.

The industrial sector with exports of over €1 billion annually is dominated by shipbuilding which accounts for over 10% of exported goods. Food processing and chemical industry also account for significant portions of industrial output and exports. Industrial sector represents 27% of Croatia’s total economic output while agriculture represents 6%. Industrial sector is responsible for 25% of Croatia's GDP, with agriculture, forestry and fishing accounting for the remaining 5% of Croatian GDP.

Tourism is traditionally a notable source of income, particularly during the summer months, but also more recently during the winter months as well, due to an increase in popularity of snow sports such as skiing. With over 10 million foreign tourists annually, tourism generates revenue in excess of €7 billion. Croatia is ranked among the top 20 most popular tourist destinations in the world, and was voted world's top tourism destination in 2005 by Lonely Planet.^[12]

Trade plays a major role in Croatian economic output. In 2007 Croatia's exports were valued at USD 12.84 billion (24.7 billion including service exports). According to Healy Consultants, trade in Croatia is bolstered by its low trade-weighted average tariff of just 1.2%.^[13] Croatia has a stable market economy accompanied by a strong and stable currency, the Kuna.

History

Pre-1990

During the 19th century the Kingdom of Croatia had a high ratio of population working in agriculture. Many industrial branches developed in that time, like forestry and wood industry (stave fabrication, the production of potash, lumber mills, shipbuilding). The most profitable one was stave stave fabrication, the boom of which started in the 1820s with the clearing of the oak forests around Karlovac and Sisak and again in the 1850s with the marshy oak masses along the Sava and Drava rivers. Shipbuilding in Croatia played a huge role in the 1850s Austrian Empire, especially the longe-range sailing boats. Sisak and Vukovar were the centres of river-shipbuilding.^[14] Slavonia was also mostly an agricultural land and it was known for its silk profuction. Agriculture and the breeding of cattle were the most profitable occupations of the inhabitants. It produced corn of all kinds, hemp, flax, tobacco, and great quantities of liquorice.^[15][16]

In 1910 8,5% of the population lived in urban settlements. The slow rate of modernization before the World War 1 caused extensive emigration. According to estimates, roughly 400,000 Croats emigrated from Austria-Hungary between 1880 and 1914. In 1918 Croatia became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which was in the interwar period one of the least developed countries in Europe. Pre-1945 industrialization was slow and centered on textile mills, sawmills, brick yards and food-processing plants. Economy was stil traditionally based on agriculture and raising of livestock, while peasants accounted for more than half of Croatia's population.^[17]

In 1941 the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a World War II puppet state of Germany and Italy, was established in parts of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The economic system of NDH was based on the concept of "Croatian socialism".^[18] The main characteristic of the new system was the concept of a planned economy with high levels of state involvement in economic life. The fulfillment of basic economic interests was primarily ensured with measures of repression.^[19] All large companies were placed under state control and the property of the regime's national enemies was nationalized. Its currency was the NDH kuna. The Croatian State Bank was the central bank, responsible for issuing currency. As the war progressed the government kept printing more money and its amount in circulation was rapidly increasing, resulting in high inflation rates.^[20] NDH inherited 42% of Yugoslavia's debt to Germany and the total debt of NDH on clearing accounts at the end of 1944 amounted to 969,8 million kunas.^[21]

After the World War II, the new Communist Party of Yugoslavia resorted to a command economy on the Soviet model of rapid industrial development. By 1948 almost all domestic and foreign-owned capital had been nationalized. The industrialization plan relied on high taxation, fixed prices, war reparations, Soviet credits, and export of food and raw materials. Forced collectivization of agriculture was initiated in 1949. At that time 94% of agricultural land was privately owned, and by 1950 96% was under the control of the social sector. A rapid improvement of food production and the standard of living was expected, but due to bad results the program was abandoned three years later.^[17]

Throughout the 1950s Croatia experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization. Decentralization came in 1965 and spurred growth of several sectors including the prosperous tourist industry. SR Croatia was, after SR Slovenia, the second most developed republic in Yugoslavia with a 25% higher GDP per capita than the Yugoslav average. Croatia and Slovenia accounted for nearly half of the total Yugoslav GDP, and this was reflected in the overall standard of living. In the mid-1960s, Yugoslavia lifted emigration restrictions and the number of emigrants increased rapidly. In 1971 224,722 workers from Croatia were employed abroad, mostly in West Germany.^[22][23] Foreign remittances contributed $2 billion annually to the economy by 1990.^[24] Profits gained through Croatia's industry were used to develop poor regions in other parts of former Yugoslavia, leading to Croatia contributing much more to the federal Yugoslav economy than it gained in return. This, coupled with austerity programs and hyperinflation in the 1980s, led to discontent in both Croatia and Slovenia which eventually fuelled political movements calling for independence.^[25]

Transition and war years

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the collapse of socialism and the beginning of economic transition, Croatia faced considerable economic problems stemming from:^[26]

• the legacy of longtime communist mismanagement of the economy;
• damage during the internecine fighting to bridges, factories, power lines, buildings, and houses;
• the large refugee and displaced population, both Croatian and Bosnian;
• the disruption of economic ties; and
• mishandled privatization

At the time Croatia gained independence, its economy (and the whole Yugoslavian economy) was in the middle of recession. Privatization under the new government had barely begun when war broke out in 1991. As a result of the Croatian War of Independence, infrastructure sustained massive damage in the period 1991-92, especially the revenue-rich tourism industry. Privatization in Croatia and transformation from a planned economy to a market economy was thus slow and unsteady, largely as a result of public mistrust when many state-owned companies were sold to politically well-connected at below-market prices. With the end of the war, Croatia's economy recovered moderately, but corruption, cronyism, and a general lack of transparency stymied economic reforms and foreign investment.^[25][27] The privatization of large government-owned companies was practically halted during the war and in the years immediately following the conclusion of peace. As of 2000, roughly 70% of Croatia's major companies were still state-owned, including water, electricity, oil, transportation, telecommunications, and tourism.^[28]

Early 1990s were characterized with high inflation rates. In 1991 the Croatian dinar was introduced as a transitional currency, but inflation continued to accelerate. The anti-inflationary stabilization steps in 1993 decreased retail price inflation from a monthly rate of 38,7% to 1,4%, and by the end of the year Croatia experienced deflation. In 1994 Croatia introduced the kuna as its currency.^[27]

As a result of the macro-stabilization programs, the negative growth of GDP during the early 1990s stopped and turned into a positive trend. Post-war reconstruction activity provided another impetus to growth. Consumer spending and private sector investments, both of which were postponed during the war, contributed to the growth in 1995-1997.^[27] Croatia began its independence with a relatively low external debt because the debt of Yugoslavia was not shared among its former republics at the beginning. In March 1995 Croatia agreed with the Paris Club of creditor governments and took 28,5% of Yugoslavia's previously non-allocated debt over 14 years. In July 1996 an agreement was reached with the London Club of commercial creditors, when Croatia took 29,5% of Yugoslavia's debt to commercial banks. In 1997 around 60 percent of Croatia's external debt was inherited from former Yugoslavia.^[29]

At the beginning of 1998 value-added tax was introduced. The central government budget was in surplus in that year, most of which was used to repay foreign debt.^[30] Government debt to GDP had fallen from 27,30% to 26,20% at the end of 1998. However, the consumer boom was distrupted in mid 1998, as a result of the bank crisis when 14 banks went bankrupt.^[27] Unemployment increased and GDP growth slowed down to 1,9%. The recession that began at the end of 1998 continued through most of 1999, and after a period of expansion GDP in 1999 had a negative growth of -0,9%.^[31] In 1999 the government tightened its fiscal policy and revised the budget with a 7% cut in spending.^[32]

In 1999 the private sector share in GDP reached 60%, which was significantly lower than in other former socialist countries. After several years of successful macroeconomic stabilization policies, low inflation and a stable currency, economists warned that the lack of fiscal changes and the expanding role of the state in economy caused the decline in the late 1990s and were preventing a sustainable economic growth.^[29][32]

Year	GDP Growth	Deficit/Surplus*	Debt to GDP	Privatization revenues*
1994	5,9%	1,8%	22,20%
1995	6,8%	-0,7%	19,30%	0,9%
1996	5,9%	-0,4%	28,50%	1,4%
1997	6,6%	-1,2%	27,30%	2,0%
1998	1,9%	0,5%	26,20%	3,6%
1999	-0,9%	-2,2%	28,50%	8,2%
2000	3,8%	-5,0%	34,30%	10,2%
2001	3,4%	-3,2%	35,20%	13,5%
2002	5,2%	-2,6%	34,80%	15,8%
*Including capital revenues *cumulative, in % of GDP

Economy since 2000

The new government led by the president of SDP, Ivica Račan, carried out a number of structural reforms after it won the parliamentary elections on 3 January 2000. The country emerged from the recession in the 4th quarter of 1999 and growth picked up in 2000.^[33] Due to overall increase in stability, the economic rating of the country improved and interest rates dropped. Economic growth in the 2000s was stimulated by a credit boom led by newly privatized banks, capital investment, especially in road construction, a rebound in tourism and credit-driven consumer spending. Inflation remained tame and the currency, the kuna, stable.^[25][34]

In 2000 Croatia generated 5,899 billion kunas in total income from the shipduilding sector, which employed 13,592 people. Total exports in 2001 amounted to $4,659,286,000, of which 54,7% went to the countries of the EU. Croatia's total imports were $9,043,699,000, 56% of which originated from the EU.^[35]

Unemployment reached its peak in late 2002, but has since been steadily declining. In late 2003 the new government led by HDZ took over the office. Unemployment continued falling, powered by growing industrial production and rising GDP, rather than only seasonal changes from tourism, until the global crisis of 2008. During this time, Croatia focused more on empowering the economy by taking loans from foreign resources.^[36] In 2003, the nation's economy would officially recover to the amount of GDP it had in 1990.^[36] Between the years 2003 and 2007, Croatia’s private-sector share of GDP increased from 60% to 70%^[37]

Most economic indicators remained positive in this period, except for the external debt.^[36] The Croatian National Bank had to take steps to curb further growth of indebtedness of local banks with foreign banks. The dollar debt figure is quite adversely affected by the EUR/USD ratio — over a third of the increase in debt since 2002 is due to currency value changes.

2009 – present

Growth has been hurt by the global financial crisis and overreliance on tourism.^[38] Since the global crisis hit the country in 2009, the unemployment has been steadily rising, resulting in the loss of more than 100,000 jobs.^[39] While the unemployment was 9.6% in the late 2007,^[40] as of January 2014 it peaked at 22.4%.^[3] Gini coefficient is 0,32.^[41] As of September 2012, Fitch ratings agency unexpectedly improved Croatia's economic outlook from negative to stable, reafirming Croatia's current BBB rating.^[42] The slow pace of privatization of state-owned businesses has also been a drag on the economy.^[38]

Croatia joined European Union on 1 July 2013 as the 28th member state, and in spite of the rather slow post-recession recovery, in terms of income per capita it is still ahead of some European Union member states such as Bulgaria, Romania, and Latvia.^[43] In terms of average monthly wage, Croatia is ahead of 9 EU members (Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovakia, Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, and Bulgaria).^[44] The Croatian economy is heavily interdependent on other principal economies of Europe, and any negative trends in these larger EU economies also have a negative impact on Croatia as they are its biggest trade partners.

Unemployment has been growing since the crisis. As of June 2014 unemployment rate is 18.3% and Croatia has the third highest unemployment rate in the European Union, after Greece (27%), and Spain (26.8%).^[45] Of particular concern is the heavily backlogged judiciary system, combined with inefficient public administration, especially regarding the issues of land ownership and corruption in the public sector. Unemployment is regionally uneven: it is very high in eastern and southern parts of the country, nearing 20% in some areas, while relatively low in the north-west and in larger cities, where it is between 3 and 7%.

Sectors

Tourism

Tourism is a notable source of income during the summer and a major industry in Croatia. It dominates the Croatian service sector and accounts for up to 20% of Croatian GDP. Annual tourist industry income for 2011 was estimated at €6.61 billion. Its positive effects are felt throughout the economy of Croatia in terms of increased business volume observed in retail business, processing industry orders and summer seasonal employment. The industry is considered an export business, because it significantly reduces the country's external trade imbalance.^[46] Since the conclusion of the Croatian War of Independence, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, recording a fourfold rise in tourist numbers, with more than 10 million tourists each year. The most numerous are tourists from Germany, Slovenia, Austria and the Czech Republic as well as Croatia itself. Length of a tourist stay in Croatia averages 4.9 days.^[47]

The bulk of the tourist industry is concentrated along the Adriatic Sea coast. Opatija was the first holiday resort since the middle of the 19th century. By the 1890s, it became one of the most significant European health resorts.^[48] Later a large number of resorts sprang up along the coast and numerous islands, offering services ranging from mass tourism to catering and various niche markets, the most significant being nautical tourism, as there are numerous marinas with more than 16 thousand berths, cultural tourism relying on appeal of medieval coastal cities and numerous cultural events taking place during the summer. Inland areas offer mountain resorts, agrotourism and spas. Zagreb is also a significant tourist destination, rivalling major coastal cities and resorts.^[49]

Croatia has unpolluted marine areas reflected through numerous nature reserves and 116 Blue Flag beaches.^[50] Croatia is ranked as the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world.^[51] About 15% of these visitors (over one million per year) are involved with naturism, an industry for which Croatia is world famous. It was also the first European country to develop commercial naturist resorts.^[52]

Agriculture

Croatian agricultural sector subsists from exports of blue water fish, which in recent years experienced a tremendous surge in demand, mainly from Japan and South Korea. Croatia is a notable producer of organic foods and much of it is exported to the European Union. Croatian wines, olive oil and lavender are particularly sought after.

Stock exchanges

• Zagreb Stock Exchange

Banking

Central bank:

• Croatian National Bank

Major commercial banks:

• Zagrebačka banka (owned by UniCredit from Italy)
• Privredna banka Zagreb (owned by Intesa Sanpaolo from Italy)
• Hrvatska poštanska banka
• Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank (owned by Hypo-Alpe-Adria Bank from Austria)
• Raiffeisen Bank Austria (owned by Raiffeisen from Austria)
• Erste & Steiermärkische Bank (former Riječka banka, owned by Erste Bank from Austria)

Central Budget

Overall Budget:^[53]
revenues:

• $21.75 billion (114.2 billion Kuna)2007 (official figure)
• projected for 2008 - 124.2 billion Kuna (24.85 billion USD)

expenditures:

• $22.8 billion, (119.2 billion Kuna) 2007(official figure)
• projected for 2008 - 128.7 billion Kuna (25.74 billion USD)

Expenditure for 2007:

• Education - 10.5 billion Kuna
• Health Care - 21.4 billion Kuna
• Welfare & labour - 38.4 billion Kuna
• Interior and Justice - 6.6 billion Kuna
• Defense - 4.7 billion Kuna
• Finance - 11.1 billion Kuna
• Agriculture - 3.3 billion Kuna
• Culture and Sport - 1.2 billion Kuna
• Other - 17.0 billion kuna

Expenditure for 2008 = projected:

• Education - 12.4 billion Kuna
• Health Care - 22.4 billion Kuna
• Welfare and labour - 41.3 billion Kuna
• Interior and Justice - 6.6 billion Kuna
• Defense - 5.45 billion Kuna
• Finance - 12.0 billion Kuna
• Agriculture - 3.6 billion Kuna
• Culture and Sport - 1.2 billion Kuna
• Other - 23.8 billion Kuna

Economic indicators

From the CIA World Factbook 2012.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $79.14 billion (2012 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: -1.8% (2012 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $18,100 (2012 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4.7% industry: 33.1% services: 62.2% (2012 est.)

Labor force: 1.745 million (2012 est.)

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 2.1%, industry 29%, services 69% (2012)

Unemployment rate: 20.4% (2012 est.)^[40]

Population below poverty line:
national absolute: 11% (2003)
18% (2009)
21.1% (2012)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 27.5% (2008 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index: 29 (2001) 32 (2010)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.7% (2012)

Investment (gross fixed): 18,4% of GDP (2012 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $19.3 billion (2012 est.)
expenditures: $20.99 billion, (2012 est.)

Public debt: 52.1% of GDP (2012 est.)

Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products

Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminium, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism

Industrial production growth rate: 5.2% (2007 est.) -5.3% (2012 est.)

Electricity - production: 11.99 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 33.6%
hydro: 66%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001)

Electricity - consumption: 14.97 billion kW·h (2005)

Electricity - exports: 3.634 billion kW·h (2005)

Electricity - imports: 8.746 billion kW·h (2005)

Oil - production: 27,190 barrels per day (4,323 m³/d) (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption: 99,000 barrels per day (15,700 m³/d) (2004 est.)

Oil - proved reserves: 69.14 million barrels (10.992×10^⁶ m³) (1 January 2006)

Natural gas - production: 1.477 billion cubic metres (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption: 2.58 billion cubic metres (2005 est.)

Natural gas - exports: 0 cubic metres (2005 est.)

Natural gas - imports: 1.103 billion cubic metres (2005 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves: 27.16 billion cubic metres (1 January 2006)

Current account balance: −$4.385 billion (2007 est.)

Exports: $12.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities: transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

Exports - partners: Italy 23.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.7%, Germany 10.4%, Slovenia 8.3%, Austria 6.1%, (2006)

Imports: $26.54 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities: machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs

Imports - partners: Italy 16.7%, Germany 14.5%, Russia 9.7%, Slovenia 6.8%, Austria 5.4%, China 5.3%, (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $13.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external: $45.29 billion (30 June 2007 est.)

Economic aid - recipient: ODA $125.4 million (2005)

Currency: kuna (HRK)

Exchange rates: kuna per US$1 – 5.7089 (2013), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004), 6.7035 (2003), 7.8687 (2002), 8.34 (2001), 8.2766 (2000), 7.112 (1999), 6.362 (1998), 6.157 (1997), 5.434 (1996), 5.230 (1995)

Gross Domestic Product

Counties of Croatia by GDP, in million Euro
County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Bjelovar-Bilogora	548	604	674	672	716	754	848	847	1,037	957
Brod-Posavina	575	643	699	717	782	786	869	931	1,074	968
Dubrovnik-Neretva	572	634	674	742	876	963	1,063	1,265	1,344	1,273
Istria	1,401	1,597	1,783	1,935	2,137	2,240	2,410	2,654	2,826	2,754
Karlovac	587	715	783	752	770	839	940	1,052	1,127	1,009
Koprivnica-Križevci	684	733	793	793	810	872	1,017	1,103	1,169	1,121
Krapina-Zagorje	571	660	685	703	721	834	879	984	1,011	897
Lika-Senj	242	259	316	384	521	398	418	411	492	435
Međimurje	520	575	651	655	693	725	836	894	1,057	984
Osijek-Baranja	1,370	1,499	1,699	1,710	1,884	1,999	2,193	2,538	2,844	2,590
Požega-Slavonia	337	371	395	428	456	472	484	541	557	510
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	2,040	2,067	2,185	2,440	2,586	2,952	3,222	3,406	3,864	3,744
Sisak-Moslavina	917	938	971	978	1,026	1,140	1,318	1,269	1,470	1,432
Split-Dalmatia	1,883	2,077	2,267	2,446	2,813	3,006	3,324	3,847	4,058	3,837
SŠibenikŠibenik-Knin	416	447	506	570	647	742	751	892	932	826
Varaždin	898	1,001	1,141	1,161	1,150	1,221	1,372	1,490	1,700	1,592
Virovitica-Podravina	378	434	465	478	493	497	584	616	661	561
Vukovar-Syrmia	651	723	795	836	889	964	1,098	1,144	1,318	1,180
Zadar	623	731	825	962	1,035	1,139	1,184	1,380	1,580	1,474
Zagreb County	1,301	1,293	1,599	1,658	1,825	2,043	2,085	2,392	2,627	2,560
City of Zagreb	6,632	7,537	8,205	8,991	9,927	11,138	12,208	13,176	14,622	14,079
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics[54][55][56][57]

Counties of Croatia by GDP per capita, in Euro
County	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Bjelovar-Bilogora	4,105	4,550	5,108	5,135	5,510	5,848	6,634	6,691	8,255	7,677
Brod-Posavina	3,260	3,633	3,955	4,065	4,452	4,487	4,972	5,345	6,183	5,606
Dubrovnik-Neretva	4,679	5,146	5,456	5,990	7,059	7,719	8,482	10,042	10,601	9,990
Istria	6,828	7,728	8,597	9,275	10,192	10,628	11,377	12,463	13,195	12,810
Karlovac	4,124	5,054	5,581	5,408	5,580	6,125	6,923	7,825	8,451	7,634
Koprivnica-Križevci	5,487	5,894	5,406	6,441	6,620	7,157	8,386	9,142	9,730	9,371
Krapina-Zagorje	3,995	4,639	4,843	5,001	5,161	5,993	6,345	7,144	7,377	6,576
Lika-Senj	4,478	4,822	5,941	7,249	9,892	7,603	8,074	8,039	9,725	8,707
Međimurje	4,397	4,855	5,494	5,535	5,855	6,125	7,074	7,581	8,960	8,349
Osijek-Baranja	4,147	4,537	5,149	5,199	5,750	6,127	6,757	7,875	8,871	8,112
Požega-Slavonia	3,934	4,320	4,610	5,020	5,383	5,605	5,786	6,505	6,750	6,229
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	6,682	6,765	7,155	7,997	8,474	9,674	10,560	11,177	12,680	12,305
Sisak-Moslavina	4,949	5,067	5,274	5,349	5,654	6,331	7,391	7,200	8,432	8,325
Split-Dalmatia	4,097	4,468	4,840	5,192	5,935	6,298	6,932	8,003	8,422	7,952
SŠibenikŠibenik-Knin	3,710	3,953	4,466	5,019	5,691	6,513	6,575	7,799	8,156	7,239
Varaždin	4,852	5,422	6,198	6,338	6,305	6,711	7,552	8,223	9,404	8,834
Virovitica-Podravina	4,045	4,654	5,016	5,176	5,410	5,485	6,497	6,923	7,485	6,399
Vukovar-Syrmia	3,184	3,528	3,903	4,127	4,414	4,807	5,501	5,756	6,647	5,974
Zadar	3,872	4,497	5,027	5,806	6,198	6,731	6,918	7,980	9,051	8,388
Zagreb County	4,236	4,166	5,111	5,249	5,731	6,368	6,458	7,360	8,036	7,803
City of Zagreb	8,532	9,674	10,529	11,527	12,701	14,216	15,567	16,766	18,554	17,814
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics[54][55][56][57]

See also

• Economy of Europe
• Croatia
• Croatian brands
• Taxation in Croatia

References

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