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The economic outlook is stable. Economic growth in 2025 remained steady, at 3.8%, driven primarily by domestic demand. Government consumption and investment provided the strongest impulse, while household consumption contributed more modestly. In 2026, economic growth is expected to slow slightly, reflecting external shocks and heightened global uncertainty.
        FORECAST*
Main Economic Indicators202320242025202620272028
Population, 1000 persons241223772350...
GDP, real change in %4.04.03.83.63.53.5
GDP per capita (EUR at PPP)155201675017960...
Gross industrial production, real change in %-8.4-7.5-2.6...
Unemployment rate - LFS, in %, average10.78.58.48.38.28.1
Average gross monthly wages, EUR648769860...
Consumer prices, % p.a.5.32.62.32.82.93.0
Fiscal balance in % of GDP-1.3-0.7-1.8-1.3-1.5-1.8
Public debt in % of GDP57.654.252.9...
Current account in % of GDP-1.2-2.4-0.7-1.9-2.2-2.0
FDI inflow, EUR m149815811635...
Gross external debt in % of GDP46.440.737.9...


Basic data are continuously updated.

* Forecasts are changed beginning of January, April, July and November.
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Monthly Report No. 7-8/2026

Vasily Astrov, Alexandra Bykova, Selena Duraković, Meryem Gökten, Richard Grieveson, Ioannis Gutzianas, Gabor Hunya, Branimir Jovanović, Biljana Jovanovikj, Niko Korpar, Dzmitry Kruk, Isilda Mara, Michał Możdżeń, Emilia Penkova-Pearson, Olga Pindyuk, Sandor Richter, Marko Sošić, Bernd Christoph Ströhm and Marina Tverdostup
wiiw Monthly Report No. 7-8, July-August 2026
52 pages including 5 Tables

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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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