Overview In 2020, Croatia was the number 80 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 72 in total exports, the number 66 in total imports, the number 67 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 35 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI).

Exports The top exports of Croatia are Crude Petroleum ($754M), Packaged Medicaments ($719M), Refined Petroleum ($610M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($502M), and Electrical Transformers ($402M), exporting mostly to Germany ($2.16B), Italy ($2.11B), Slovenia ($1.73B), Bosnia and Herzegovina ($1.34B), and Hungary ($1.26B).

Imports The top imports of Croatia are Crude Petroleum ($1.22B), Packaged Medicaments ($943M), Cars ($919M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($835M), and Refined Petroleum ($805M), importing mostly from Germany ($3.82B), Italy ($3.19B), Slovenia ($2.98B), Hungary ($1.99B), and Austria ($1.58B).

Location Croatia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia by land and Italy by sea.

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The following section uses the most recent trade data from partners of Croatia.

Disclaimer: data is presented based on availability and only countries that use the harmonized system are being shown.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

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The data obtained is mirror data. The trade of countries that do not report current data can be reconstructed based on data reported by partner countries with current data available.

*All data is converted to USD using January 2020 exchange rates when data is reported in local currency.

Historical Data

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Top Export (2020): Crude Petroleum, $754M

Top Destination (2020): Germany, $3.82B

In 2020, Croatia exported a total of $17.7B, making it the number 72 exporter in the world. During the last five reported years the exports of Croatia have changed by $4.13B from $13.5B in 2015 to $17.7B in 2020.

The most recent exports are led by Crude Petroleum ($754M), Packaged Medicaments ($719M), Refined Petroleum ($610M), Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($502M), and Electrical Transformers ($402M). The most common destination for the exports of Croatia are Germany ($2.16B), Italy ($2.11B), Slovenia ($1.73B), Bosnia and Herzegovina ($1.34B), and Hungary ($1.26B).

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Croatia Exports Services (2020): $8.74B

Croatia Imports Services (2020): $3.67B

In 2020, Croatia exported $8.74B worth of services. The top services exported by Croatia in 2020 were Personal travel ($5.35B), Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($1.34B), Other transport ($640M), Construction abroad ($219M), and Telecommunications services ($189M).

The top services imported by Croatia in 2020 were Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services ($1.09B), Personal travel ($559M), Other transport ($369M), Other royalties and license fees ($274M), and Business travel ($215M).

Economic Complexity

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Most Specialized Products by RCA Index

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Croatia has a high level of specialization in Handguns (84.6), Other Leather Articles (52), Railway Maintenance Vehicles (37.7), Roofing Tiles (26.6), and Rock Wool (25.7). Specialization is measured using RCA, an index that takes the ratio between Croatia observed and expected exports in each product.

Most Complex Products by PCI

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The highest complexity exports of Croatia according to the product complexity index (PCI) are Rubberworking Machinery (1.53), Glass Working Machines (1.51), Metal Molds (1.49), Cutting Blades (1.45), and Plastic Coated Textile Fabric (1.39). PCI measures the knowledge intensity of a product by considering the knowledge intensity of its exporters.

Export Opportunities by Relatedness

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The top export opportunities for Croatia according to the relatedness index, are Aluminium Bars (0.36), Raw Iron Bars (0.36), Frozen Fruits and Nuts (0.36), Other Vegetable Residues (0.35), and Metal Stoppers (0.35). Relatedness measures the distance between a country's current exports and each product. The barchart show only products that Croatia is not specialized in.

The product space is a network connecting products that are likely to be co-exported. The product space can be used to predict future exports, since countries are more likely to start exporting products that are related to current exports. Relatedness measures the distance between a product, and all of the products a country currently specializes in.

Relatedness Space

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This network shows the products most related to the production structure of Croatia. These are products that tend to be co-exported with the products that Croatia exports. Higher relatedness values ​​indicate greater knowledge, which predicts a greater probability of exporting that product in the future.

Diversification Frontier

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The Complexity-Relatedness diagram compares the risk vs strategic value of a country's potential export oppotunities. Relatedness is predictive of the probability that a country increases its exports in a product. Complexity, is associated with higher levels of income, economic growth, less income inequality, and lower greenhouse emissions.

Economic Complexity Ranking

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During the last 20 years Croatia's⁩ ⁨economy has become relatively more complex, moving from the ⁩⁨35th to the 35th⁩ position in the ECI rank.

These economic complexity rankings use 6 digit exports classified according to the HS96 classification. We consider only countries with population of at least 1 million and exports of at least $1 billion, and products with world trade over $500 million. To explore different rankings and vary these parameters visit the custom rankings section.

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