Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
28 (2023 est.)
Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total
1.11 million (2023 est.)
Communications: Broadcast media
the national state-owned public broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision, operates 4 terrestrial TV networks, a satellite channel that rebroadcasts programs for Croatians overseas, and 6 regional TV centers; 2 private broadcasters with national terrestrial networks; 29 privately owned regional TV stations; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; state-owned public broadcaster operates 4 national radio networks and 23 regional radio stations; 2 privately owned national radio networks and 117 local radio stations (2019)
Communications: Internet country code
.hr
Communications: Internet users: percent of population
83.63% (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
29 (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions
1.1 million (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
122 (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions
4.72 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Agricultural products
maize, wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, soybeans, sunflower seeds, potatoes, pork, grapes (2023)
Economy: Average household expenditures: on alcohol and tobacco
7.9% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Economy: Average household expenditures: on food
18.5% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Economy: Budget: expenditures
$33.715 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Budget: revenues
$32.487 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2013
-$514.1 million (2013 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2014
$234.6 million (2014 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2015
$1.436 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2016
$1.297 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2017
$2.276 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2018
$751.6 million (2018 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2019
$1.622 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2020
-$460.6 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2021
$557.5 million (2021 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2022
-$2.621 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2023
$635.97 million (2023 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2024
-$1.049 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates
0.923890 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Currency
euros (EUR) per US dollar -
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2013
5.7049 (2013 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2014
5.7482 (2014 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2015
6.8583 (2015 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2016
6.8060 (2016 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2017
6.6238 (2017 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2018
6.2790 (2018 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2019
6.6225 (2019 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2020
0.876 (2020 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2021
0.845 (2021 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2022
0.95 (2022 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2023
0.924840 (2023 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2024
0.923890 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exports - commodities
ships, garments, electricity, packaged medicine, wood (2023)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2011
$23.930 billion (2011 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2014
$25.284 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2015
$23.169 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2016
$24.546 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2017
$27.483 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2018
$30.286 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2019
$31.036 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2020
$23.926 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2021
$34.354 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2022
$41.907 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2023
$45.064 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2024
$46.601 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: exports of goods and services
49.8% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: government consumption
22.6% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption
57% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: imports of goods and services
-52.9% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: investment in fixed capital
23.7% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: investment in inventories
-0.2% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture
3.4% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: industry
19.8% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: services
59.7% (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - per capita (PPP)
$49,551 (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (official exchange rate)
$92.526 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (purchasing power parity) - real
$191.573 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2015
31.1 (2015 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2016
30.9 (2016 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2017
30.4 (2017 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2018
29.7 (2018 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2019
28.9 (2019 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2020
29.5 (2020 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2021
28.9 (2021 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2022
30.0 (2022 est.)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2023
30.1 (2023 est.)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%
23% (2022 est.)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%
2.9% (2022 est.)
Economy: Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, cars, garments, natural gas, crude petroleum (2023)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2010
$21.905 billion (2010 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2015
$23.062 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2016
$23.966 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2017
$27.152 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2018
$30.818 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2019
$31.288 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2020
$27.976 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2021
$36.255 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2022
$46.769 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2023
$46.811 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2024
$49.86 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Industrial production growth rate
2.1% (2024 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015
-0.46% (2015 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016
-1.13% (2016 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2017
1.13% (2017 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018
1.50% (2018 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019
0.77% (2019 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020
0.15% (2020 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021
2.55% (2021 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
10.78% (2022 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023
7.94% (2023 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024
2.97% (2024 est.)
Economy: Labor force
1.733 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Population below poverty line
20.30% (2024 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2023
75.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014
$95.402 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015
$98.602 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016
$105.968 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017
$112.706 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019
$130.582 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020
$123.665 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021
$143.252 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
$153.693 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
$158.769 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
$164.825 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2015
2.32% (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2016
3.47% (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2017
3.28% (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2018
2.91% (2018 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2019
3.10% (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2020
-8.31% (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2021
12.63% (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2022
7.29% (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2023
3.76% (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024
3.83% (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2014
$22,706 (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2015
$23,750 (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2016
$25,803 (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2017
$27,888 (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2019
$33,064 (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2020
$31,594 (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2021
$36,930 (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2022
$42,125 (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2023
$47,760 (2023 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2013
$2.769 billion (2013 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2014
$2.773 billion (2014 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2015
$2.677 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2020
$4.195 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2021
$4.984 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2022
7.5% of GDP (2022 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2023
7.2% of GDP (2023 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2024
7.3% of GDP (2024 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2015
$14.967 billion (2015 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016
$14.244 billion (2016 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017
$18.818 billion (2017 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018
$19.991 billion (2018 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019
$20.771 billion (2019 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020
$23.254 billion (2020 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021
$28.309 billion (2021 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022
$29.726 billion (2022 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023
$3.176 billion (2023 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024
$3.336 billion (2024 est.)
Economy: Taxes and other revenues
21.5% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2019
6.55% (2019 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2020
7.39% (2020 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2021
7.48% (2021 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2022
6.81% (2022 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2023
6.12% (2023 est.)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024
5.00% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): female
18.2% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): male
15.5% (2024 est.)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total
16.6% (2024 est.)
Energy: Coal: consumption
596,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Coal: exports
1,000 metric tons (2022 est.)
Energy: Coal: imports
663,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - total population
100% (2022 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: biomass and waste
3.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels
31.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: geothermal
0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: hydroelectricity
48.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: solar
1.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity generation sources: wind
14.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: consumption
16.408 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: exports
8.461 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: imports
10.038 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: installed generating capacity
5.518 million kW (2023 est.)
Energy: Electricity: transmission/distribution losses
2.053 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Energy: Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023
79.907 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: consumption
2.689 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: exports
1.119 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: imports
2.995 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: production
722.231 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy: Natural gas: proven reserves
24.919 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
Energy: Petroleum: crude oil estimated reserves
71 million barrels (2021 est.)
Energy: Petroleum: refined petroleum consumption
70,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Energy: Petroleum: total petroleum production
11,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from coal and metallurgical coke
1.335 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from consumed natural gas
5.275 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from petroleum and other liquids
9.858 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions
16.467 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Climate
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
Environment: Environmental issues
air pollution in urban areas, as well as emissions from neighboring countries; surface water pollution in the Danube River Basin
Environment: Geoparks: global geoparks and regional networks
Biokovo-Imotski Lakes; Papuk; Vis Archipelago (2024)
Environment: Geoparks: total global geoparks and regional networks
3 (2024)
Environment: International environmental agreements: party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
Environment: International environmental agreements: signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Environment: Land use: agricultural land
26.6% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 15.5% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 1.4% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 9.6% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: forest
34.7% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: other
38.2% (2023 est.)
Environment: Particulate matter emissions
15.2 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Environment: Total renewable water resources
105.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: agricultural
76 million cubic meters (2022)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: industrial
475 million cubic meters (2022)
Environment: Total water withdrawal: municipal
465 million cubic meters (2022)
Environment: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
0.05% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Environment: Urbanization: urban population
57.52% (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually
1.81 million tons (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: percent of municipal solid waste recycled
20% (2022 est.)
Geography: Area - comparative
slightly smaller than West Virginia
Geography: Area: land
55,974 sq km
Geography: Area: water
620 sq km
Geography: Coastline
5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km; islands 4,058 km)
Geography: Elevation: highest point
Dinara 1,831 m
Geography: Elevation: lowest point
Adriatic Sea 0 m
Geography: Elevation: mean elevation
331 m
Geography: Geographic coordinates
45 10 N, 15 30 E
Geography: Geography - note
controls most land routes from Western Europe to the Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia -- some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks
Geography: Irrigated land
170 sq km (2022)
Geography: Land boundaries: border countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina 956 km; Hungary 348 km; Montenegro 19 km; Serbia 314 km; Slovenia 600 km
Geography: Land boundaries: total
2,237 km
Geography: Land use: agricultural land
26.6% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 15.5% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 1.4% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 9.6% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: forest
34.7% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: other
38.2% (2023 est.)
Geography: Major rivers (by length in km)
Dunav (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Geography: Major watersheds (area sq km): Atlantic Ocean drainage
(Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)
Geography: Map references
Europe
Geography: Maritime claims: continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography: Maritime claims: territorial sea
12 nm
Geography: Natural hazards
destructive earthquakes
Geography: Population distribution
more of the population lives in the northern half of the country, with approximately a quarter of the populace residing in and around the capital of Zagreb; many of the islands are sparsely populated
Geography: Terrain
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
Government: Administrative divisions
20 counties ( zupanije , singular - zupanija ) and 1 city* ( grad - singular) with special county status; Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska (Bjelovar-Bilogora), Brodsko-Posavska (Brod-Posavina), Dubrovacko-Neretvanska (Dubrovnik-Neretva), Istarska (Istria), Karlovacka (Karlovac), Koprivnicko-Krizevacka (Koprivnica-Krizevci), Krapinsko-Zagorska (Krapina-Zagorje), Licko-Senjska (Lika-Senj), Medimurska (Medimurje), Osjecko-Baranjska (Osijek-Baranja), Pozesko-Slavonska (Pozega-Slavonia), Primorsko-Goranska (Primorje-Gorski Kotar), Sibensko-Kninska (Sibenik-Knin), Sisacko-Moslavacka (Sisak-Moslavina), Splitsko-Dalmatinska (Split-Dalmatia), Varazdinska (Varazdin), Viroviticko-Podravska (Virovitica-Podravina), Vukovarsko-Srijemska (Vukovar-Syrmia), Zadarska (Zadar), Zagreb*, Zagrebacka (Zagreb county)
Government: Capital: daylight saving time
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Government: Capital: etymology
the city's name means "beyond the bank (or ditch)"; za in Old Croat means "beyond," and greb means "bank" or "ditch," relating to the city's original site above the Sava River
Government: Capital: geographic coordinates
45 48 N, 16 00 E
Government: Capital: time difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by birth
no
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by descent only
at least one parent must be a citizen of Croatia
Government: Citizenship: dual citizenship recognized
yes
Government: Citizenship: residency requirement for naturalization
5 years
Government: Constitution: amendment process
proposed by at least one fifth of the Assembly membership, by the president of the republic, by the Government of Croatia, or through petition by at least 10% of the total electorate; proceedings to amend require majority vote by the Assembly; passage requires two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly; passage by petition requires a majority vote in a referendum and promulgation by the Assembly
Government: Constitution: history
several previous; latest adopted 22 December 1990
Government: Country name: conventional short form
Croatia
Government: Country name: etymology
name probably derives from the Croats, a Slavic tribe who migrated to the Balkans in the 7th century A.D., but that name may be related to the Russian word khrebet , meaning "mountain chain"
Government: Country name: former
People's Republic of Croatia, Socialist Republic of Croatia
Government: Country name: local long form
Republika Hrvatska
Government: Country name: local short form
Hrvatska
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Nicole McGRAW (since 21 October 2025)
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: email address and website
ZagrebACS@state.gov https://hr.usembassy.gov/
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: embassy
Ulica Thomasa Jeffersona 2, 10010 Zagreb
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: FAX
[385] (1) 665-8933
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: mailing address
5080 Zagreb Place, Washington DC 20521-5080
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: telephone
[385] (1) 661-2200
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chancery
2343 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Pjer ŠIMUNOVIĆ (since 8 September 2017)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: consulate(s)
Anchorage (AL), Houston, Kansas City (MO),Minneapolis/St. Paul (MN), New Orleans, Pittsburgh (PA)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: consulate(s) general
Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle (WA)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: email address and website
washington@mvep.hr https://mvep.gov.hr/embassy-114969/114969
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: FAX
[1] (202) 588-8937
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: telephone
[1] (202) 588-5899
Government: Executive branch: cabinet
Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the Assembly
Government: Executive branch: chief of state
President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)
Government: Executive branch: election results
2025: Zoran MILANOVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Zoran MILANOVIC (SDP) 74.6%, Dragan PRIMORAC (independent) 25.3% 2019: Zoran MILANOVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote in second round - Zoran MILANOVIC (SDP) 52.7%, Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (HDZ) 47.3%
Government: Executive branch: election/appointment process
president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the president and approved by the Assembly
Government: Executive branch: expected date of next election
2029
Government: Executive branch: head of government
Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC (since 19 October 2016)
Government: Executive branch: most recent election date
December 2024 (first round) and January 2025 (second round)
Government: Flag
description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue -- the pan-Slav colors -- with the Croatian coat of arms in the center, which consists of a main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver fields) with five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield meaning: the small shields represent the five historic regions (from left to right): Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia history: Russia's 19th-century flag inspired the pan-Slav colors
Government: International law organization participation
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Government: International organization participation
AIIB, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EMU, EU, FAO, G-11, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMOGIP, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Government: Judicial branch: highest court(s)
Supreme Court (consists of the court president and vice president, 25 civil department justices, and 16 criminal department justices)
Government: Judicial branch: judge selection and term of office
president of Supreme Court nominated by the president of Croatia and elected by the Sabor for a 4-year term; other Supreme Court justices appointed by the National Judicial Council; all judges serve until age 70
Government: Judicial branch: subordinate courts
Administrative Court; county, municipal, and specialized courts
Government: Legal system
civil law system influenced by legal heritage of Austria-Hungary
Government: Legislative branch: electoral system
proportional representation
Government: Legislative branch: expected date of next election
April 2028
Government: Legislative branch: legislative structure
unicameral
Government: Legislative branch: legislature name
Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski Sabor)
Government: Legislative branch: most recent election date
4/17/2024
Government: Legislative branch: number of seats
151 (all directly elected)
Government: Legislative branch: parties elected and seats per party
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) (55); Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) (37); Homeland Movement (DP) (11); We Can! – Political Platform (Možemo!) (10); Bridge (Most) (7); Other (20)
Government: Legislative branch: percentage of women in chamber
33.1%
Government: Legislative branch: scope of elections
full renewal
Government: Legislative branch: term in office
4 years
Government: National anthem(s): history
adopted in 1972 while still part of Yugoslavia; the lyrics were written in 1835, and it served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891
Government: National anthem(s): lyrics/music
Antun MIHANOVIC/Josip RUNJANIN
Government: National color(s)
red, white, blue
Government: National heritage: selected World Heritage Site locales
Plitvice Lakes National Park (n); Historic Split (c); Old City of Dubrovnik (c); Euphrasian Basilica; Historic Trogir (c); Šibenik Cathedral (c); Stari Grad Plain (c); Zadar and Fort St. Nikola Venetian Defense Works (c); Primeval Beech Forests (n); Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c)
Government: National heritage: total World Heritage Sites
10 (8 cultural, 2 natural)
Government: National holiday
Statehood Day (National Day), 30 May (1990)
Government: National symbol(s)
red-and-white checkerboard
Government: Political parties
Bosniaks Together The Bridge or MOST (formerly the Bridge of Independent Lists) Croatia Romani Union Kali Sara (SRRH) Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ Democratic Union of Hungarians in Croatia (DZMH) Focus or Fokus Homeland Movement or DP (also known as Miroslav Škoro Homeland Movement or DPMS) Independent Democratic Serb Party or SDSS Independent Platform of the North (NPS) Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP We Can! or Mozemo!
Government: Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Introduction: Background
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.
Military and Security: Military - note
the Armed Forces of Croatia (OSRH) are responsible for the defense of Croatia’s sovereignty and territory, contributing to international humanitarian, peacekeeping, and security missions, and providing assistance to civil authorities for such missions as responding to disasters, search and rescue, anti-terrorism, and internal security in times of crisis if called upon by the prime minister or the president; Croatia joined NATO in 2009, and the OSRH participates in NATO missions, including its peacekeeping force in Kosovo and the Enhanced Forward Presence mission in Eastern Europe; it also contributes to EU and UN missions; the OSRH trains regularly with NATO and regional partners the OSRH was established in 1991 from the Croatian National Guard during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-95); during the war, the ground forces grew to as many as 60 brigades and dozens of independent battalions, and a single military offensive against Serbian forces in 1995 included some 100,000 Croatian troops; in 2000, Croatia initiated an effort to modernize and reform the OSRH into a small, professional military capable of meeting the challenges of NATO membership (2025)
Military and Security: Military and security forces
Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH): Croatian Army (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Croatian Navy (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes Coast Guard), Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo, HRZ) (2025)
Military and Security: Military and security service personnel strengths
approximately 15,000 active-duty military personnel (2025)
Military and Security: Military deployments
150 Kosovo (KFOR/NATO); also has a few hundred personnel participating in several other EU, NATO, and UN missions (2025)
Military and Security: Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
the military's inventory is a mix of Soviet-era (largely from the former Yugoslavia) equipment and a growing amount of more modern, NATO-compatible weapon systems from suppliers such as France, Germany, Türkiye, and the US (2025)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2015
1.75% (2015 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2016
1.59% (2016 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2017
1.63% (2017 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2018
1.54% (2018 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2019
1.60% (2019 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2020
1.70% (2020 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2021
1.97% (2021 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2022
1.80% (2022 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2023
1.71% (2023 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2024
1.79% (2024 est.)
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2025
2% of GDP (2025 est.)
Military and Security: Military service age and obligation
18-29 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished in 2008 but will be reinstated in 2026 when it will become mandatory for men aged 19-29 to undergo two months of basic military training (2025)
People and Society: Age structure: 0-14 years
13.8% (male 296,527/female 278,236)
People and Society: Age structure: 15-64 years
63.1% (male 1,307,814/female 1,309,394)
People and Society: Age structure: 65 years and over
23.1% (2024 est.) (male 399,090/female 559,055)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: beer
4.75 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: other alcohols
0.36 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: spirits
1.37 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: total
9.64 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: wine
3.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Birth rate
8.49 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Current health expenditure
7.15% (2023 est.)
People and Society: Currently married women (ages 15-49)
50.1% (2021 est.)
People and Society: Death rate
12.87 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: elderly dependency ratio
34.4 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: potential support ratio
2.9 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio
55.9 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: youth dependency ratio
21.5 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Drinking water source: unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP)
4.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% national budget)
8.5% national budget (2021 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditures
4.09% (2021 est.)
People and Society: Ethnic groups
Croat 91.6%, Serb 3.2%, other 3.9% (including Bosniak, Romani, Albanian, Italian, and Hungarian), unspecified 1.3% (2021 est.)
People and Society: Gross reproduction rate
0.69 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
8.1% of GDP (2021)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
13.7% of national budget (2022 est.)
People and Society: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.10% (2024 est.)
People and Society: Hospital bed density
5.6 beds/1,000 population (2023 est.)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: female
8.7 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: male
8.2 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: total
4.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
People and Society: Languages: Languages
Croatian (official) 95.2%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3.1% (including Bosnian, Romani, Albanian, and Italian) unspecified 0.5% (2021 est.)
People and Society: Languages: major-language sample(s)
Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: female
81.9 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: male
76.1 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Major urban areas - population
684,000 ZAGREB (capital) (2023)
People and Society: Maternal mortality ratio
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
People and Society: Median age: female
47 years
People and Society: Median age: male
43.2 years
People and Society: Mother's mean age at first birth
29 years (2020 est.)
People and Society: Nationality: adjective
Croatian
People and Society: Net migration rate
-0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Obesity - adult prevalence rate
24.4% (2016)
People and Society: Physician density
3.91 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
People and Society: Population
3,866,200 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Population distribution
more of the population lives in the northern half of the country, with approximately a quarter of the populace residing in and around the capital of Zagreb; many of the islands are sparsely populated
People and Society: Population growth rate
-0.53% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Population: female
2,102,874
People and Society: Population: male
1,968,334
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): female
17 years (2022 est.)
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): male
15 years (2022 est.)
People and Society: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total
16 years (2022 est.)
People and Society: Sex ratio: 0-14 years
1.07 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 15-64 years
1 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 65 years and over
0.71 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: total population
0.93 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: female
32.1% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: male
33.6% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Tobacco use: total
32.8% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Total fertility rate
1.46 children born/woman (2024 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
0.05% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: urban population
57.52% (2024 est.)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees
29,927 (2024 est.)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: stateless persons
758 (2024 est.)
Transportation: Airports
45 (2025)
Transportation: Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
9A
Transportation: Heliports
7 (2025)
Transportation: Merchant marine: by type
bulk carrier 10, general cargo 32, oil tanker 14, other 328
Transportation: Merchant marine: total
384 (2023)
Transportation: Ports: key ports
Bakar, Dubrovnik, Omisalj, Rijeka Luka, Rovinj, Sibenik, Split, Zadar
Transportation: Ports: large
2
Transportation: Ports: medium
0
Transportation: Ports: ports with oil terminals
8
Transportation: Ports: small
6
Transportation: Ports: total ports
16 (2024)
Transportation: Ports: very small
8
Transportation: Railways: total
2,617 km (2020) 980 km electrified
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