CROATIA

Capital Zagreb
Area (km2) 56 542
Total population (thousands, 2023) 3 856
Population density (per km2) 68
National currency Croatian kuna (HRK)
National statistical office www.dzs.hr
Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 7%
   hourly wage, 2023 7%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 5%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 42%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 81.8
   males, years 75.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 19.6
   males, years 16.0
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.5
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 29.3
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-1.1
-1.0
1.2
2.2
2.2
6.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.6
7.4
7.5
6.8
6.1
5.0
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
16.6
21.1
21.9
18.0
19.0
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 180 574
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 45 804
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 49.7
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 52.8
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 35 974
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   HRK per USD, US=1, 2023 0.432
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 34
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 99

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 2 617
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 1 341
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 3 035
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 74
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 1 145
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 3 145
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 29 289
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 14 329