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The economic outlook is stable. Economic growth has been stable and solid, averaging 3.7% for the first three quarters of 2025. It has been driven by domestic demand, especially strong government consumption and investment, while household consumption has provided a moderate contribution. For 2025 as a whole, we estimate that growth reached 3.7% and will likely accelerate to around 4% in the medium term, supported by domestic demand, FDI and tourism.
        FORECAST*
Main Economic Indicators202320242025202620272028
Population, 1000 persons241023772400...
GDP, real change in %4.04.03.73.83.93.7
GDP per capita (EUR at PPP)1553016750....
Gross industrial production, real change in %-8.4-7.5....
Unemployment rate - LFS, in %, average10.78.58.48.38.28.1
Average gross monthly wages, EUR648769886...
Consumer prices, % p.a.5.32.62.32.52.42.3
Fiscal balance in % of GDP-1.3-0.7-0.5-1.3-1.0-1.0
Public debt in % of GDP57.654.253.0...
Current account in % of GDP-1.2-2.4-3.1-3.1-3.2-3.5
FDI inflow, EUR m149815811350...
Gross external debt in % of GDP46.440.740.0...


Basic data are continuously updated.

* Forecasts are changed beginning of January, April, July and November.
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Monthly Report No. 1/2026

Vasily Astrov, Alexandra Bykova, Selena Duraković, Meryem Gökten, Richard Grieveson, Maciej Grodzicki, Ioannis Gutzianas, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Gabor Hunya, Branimir Jovanović, Biljana Jovanovikj, Niko Korpar, Dzmitry Kruk, Sebastian Leitner, Isilda Mara, Emilia Penkova-Pearson, Olga Pindyuk, Sandor Richter, Marko Sošić, Bernd Christoph Ströhm and Marina Tverdostup
wiiw Monthly Report No. 1, January 2026
58 pages including 6 Tables and 15 Figures

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Executive summary

Olga Pindyuk
in: The Crisis is Over, but its Scarring Effects are Hindering Recovery
wiiw Forecast Report No. Spring 2024, April 2024 , pp. I-VII
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