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<strong>American</strong> <strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong> Commerce in Croatia YEARBOOK 2010<br />

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MAIN INDICATORS<br />

GDP YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATE<br />

(in %, constant prices)<br />

4,2 4,2<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

4,7<br />

2006<br />

5,5<br />

2007<br />

2,4<br />

2008<br />

2009<br />

-5,8<br />

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />

GDP, current prices, mil US$ 35.645 38.883 49.038 58.559 69.341 63.076<br />

GDP per capita (US$) 7.944 8.753 11.045 13.201 15.639 14.242<br />

GDP year-on-year growth rate<br />

(in %, constant prices)<br />

4,2 4,2 4,7 5,5 2,4 -5,8<br />

Average year-on-year inflation rate 2,1 3,3 3,2 2,9 6,1 2,4<br />

Unemployed persons, end <strong>of</strong> period* 317.577 308.738 291.616 264.448 236.741 263.174<br />

Unemployment rate, end <strong>of</strong> period, % 18,7 17,9 16,6 14,8 13,2 14,9<br />

Unemployed rate, ILO comparable, % 14,1 12,7 11,2 9,6 8,4 9,1<br />

HRK/EURO midpoint exchange rates <strong>of</strong><br />

CNB, end <strong>of</strong> period<br />

7,67 7,38 7,35 7,33 7,32 7,3<br />

HRK/US$ midpoint exchange rates <strong>of</strong><br />

CNB, end <strong>of</strong> period<br />

5,64 6,23 5,58 4,99 5,16 5,09<br />

Current account balance (million EUR) -1.434 -1.976 -2.715 -3.237 -4.371 -2.361<br />

Current account balance (as % <strong>of</strong> GDP) -4,4 -5,5 -6,9 -7,6 -9,2 -5,2<br />

Gross international reserves <strong>of</strong> CNB (million<br />

EUR, end <strong>of</strong> year)<br />

6.436 7.438 8.725 9.307 9.121 10.376<br />

External debt gross (million EUR, end <strong>of</strong> year) 22.933 25.748 29.274 32.929 39.950 44.590<br />

External debt (as % <strong>of</strong> GDP) 70,0 72,1 74,9 76,9 82,6 94,9<br />

External debt (as % <strong>of</strong> export <strong>of</strong> goods<br />

and services)<br />

161 168,7 172,3 179,9 196,6 267,1<br />

Source: Croatian National Bank (CNB), Central Bureau <strong>of</strong> Statistics *Source: the Croatian Employment Service<br />

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AVERAGE YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATE<br />

2,1<br />

2004<br />

3,3<br />

2005<br />

3,2<br />

2006<br />

2,9<br />

2007<br />

6,1<br />

2008<br />

2,4<br />

2009

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