Croatia
| FORECAST* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Economic Indicators | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Population, 1000 persons | 3857 | 3856 | 3868 | . | . | . |
| GDP, real change in % | 7.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| GDP per capita (EUR at PPP) | 25880 | 28970 | 30490 | . | . | . |
| Gross industrial production, real change in % | 1.2 | -0.3 | -1.9 | . | . | . |
| Unemployment rate - LFS, in %, average | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| Average gross monthly wages, EUR | 1380 | 1584 | 1821 | . | . | . |
| Consumer prices, % p.a. | 10.7 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| Fiscal balance in % of GDP | 0.1 | -0.8 | -2.0 | -2.4 | -2.2 | -1.9 |
| Public debt in % of GDP | 68.5 | 61.8 | 57.6 | . | . | . |
| Current account in % of GDP | -3.5 | 0.1 | -2.2 | -1.3 | -1.1 | -1.0 |
| FDI inflow, EUR m | 3706 | 3258 | 4182 | . | . | . |
| Gross external debt in % of GDP | 73.8 | 78.0 | 66.6 | . | . | . |
Basic data are continuously updated.
* Forecasts are changed beginning of January, April, July and November.
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Monthly Report No. 7-8/2025
Vasily Astrov, Alexandra Bykova, Selena Duraković, Meryem Gökten, Richard Grieveson, Maciej Grodzicki, Ioannis Gutzianas, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Gabor Hunya, Branimir Jovanović, Niko Korpar, Dzmitry Kruk, Sebastian Leitner, Isilda Mara, Emilia Penkova-Pearson, Olga Pindyuk, Sandor Richter, Marko Sošić, Bernd Christoph Ströhm and Maryna Tverdostup
wiiw Monthly Report No. 7-8, July-August 2025
38 pages including 5 Tables and 3 Figures
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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