Croatia
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| Government type: | parliamentary republic |
| Capital: | Zagreb |
| Languages: | Croatian (official) 95.2%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3.1% (including Bosnian, Romani, Albanian, and Italian) unspecified 0.5% (2021 est.) |
People & Society
Ethnicity (2021 est.)
Religion (2021 est.)
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Economy
Economic overview
tourism-based economy that was one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 economic disruptions; newest euro user since 2023, helping recover from a 6-year recession; public debt increases due to COVID-19 and stimulus packages; weak exports; continuing emigration; new liquefied natural gas import terminal
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) in Billion $
Real GDP per capita in $
Exports & Imports in billion $
Top 5 Import Partner in 2022 (51%)
Top 5 Import Commodities in 2022
- natural gas 💨
- refined petroleum ⛽
- electricity ⚡
- garments 👕
- cars 🚗
Top 5 Export Partner in 2022 (51%)
Top 5 Export Commodities in 2022
- refined petroleum ⛽
- electricity ⚡
- natural gas 💨
- garments 👕
- wood 🌲
Geography
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Area
Natural resources
- oil 🛢️
- some coal ⚫
- bauxite 🪨
- low-grade iron ore ⛓️
- calcium 🦴
- gypsum ⚪🪨
- natural asphalt 🛢️
- silica 🪨
- mica 🪨
- clays 🧱
- salt 🧂
- hydropower 💧⚡
Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Historical Background Information
The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state consisting of six socialist republics, including Croatia, under the strong hand of Josip Broz, aka TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before Yugoslav forces were cleared from Croatian lands, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in 2009 and the EU in 2013. In January 2023, Croatia further integrated into the EU by joining the Eurozone and the Schengen Area.