Croatia

Official Name:

Republic of Croatia (Croatia )

Area:

56.542 km ²

Population (2007):

4.493.312 inhabitants

Coastline:

5.835 km (mainland 1.777 km, islands 4.058 km)

Capital:

Zagreb

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split, Vukovar, Zadar

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

20 counties (zupanije, zupanija - singular) and 1 city* (grad - singular); Bjelovarsko-Bilogorska Zupanija, Brodsko-Posavska Zupanija, Dubrovacko-Neretvanska Zupanija, Istarska Zupanija, Karlovacka Zupanija, Koprivnicko-Krizevacka Zupanija, Krapinsko-Zagorska Zupanija, Licko-Senjska Zupanija, Medimurska Zupanija, Osjecko-Baranjska Zupanija, Pozesko-Slavonska Zupanija, Primorsko-Goranska Zupanija, Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija, Sisacko-Moslavacka Zupanija, Splitsko-Dalmatinska Zupanija, Varazdinska Zupanija, Viroviticko-Podravska Zupanija, Vukovarsko-Srijemska Zupanija, Zadarska Zupanija, Zagreb*, Zagrebacka Zupanija

Language(s):

Croatian 96,1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2,9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 8 October (1991); note - 25 June 1991 was the day the Croatian Parliament voted for independence; following a three-month moratorium to allow the European Community to solve the Yugoslav crisis peacefully, Parliament adopted a decision on 8 October 1991 to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia

Nationality:

Croat(s), Croatian(s)

Official time:

UTC 1. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

ACCT (observer), BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.hr

Economic Profile

Currency:

kuna (HRK)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD13.400 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 37.420.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,6% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 6,8%
• Industry: 30,9%
• Services: 62,3%

Labor force:

1.720.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 2,7%
• Industry: 32,8%
• Services 64,5%

Unemployment rate:

17,2% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

3,4% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

28,5Þl PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD17.780.000.000
• Expenditures: USD19.060.000.000

Public debt:

56,2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -2.892.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 11.170.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

Exports - Partners:

Italy 21,8%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14,7%, Germany 10,7%, Slovenia 8,1%, Austria 7,3% (2005)

Imports:

USD 21.790.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Italy 15,9%, Germany 14,9%, Russia 9,1%, Slovenia 6,8%, Austria 5,8%, China 4,7%, France 4,2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 11.070.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 33.090.000.000 (2006)