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Croatia - Introduction 2017

Background: The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close 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 under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 it took four years of sporadic but often bitter fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly 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 April 2009 and the EU in July 2013.

Geographic coordinates: 45 10 N 15 30 E

Map reference: Europe

Area
Total: 56,594 km²
Land: 55,974 km²
Water: 620 km²
Rank: 128
Comparative: slightly smaller than West Virginia

Land boundaries
Total: 2,237 km
Border countries: (5) Bosnia and Herzegovina 956 km; Hungary 348 km; Montenegro 19 km; Serbia 314 km; Slovenia 600 km

Coastline: 5,835 km (mainland 1777 km islands 4,058 km)

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

Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters dry summers along coast

Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands

Elevation
Mean elevation: 331 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m: highest point: Dinara 1831 m

Natural resources: oil some coal bauxite low-grade iron ore calcium gypsum natural asphalt silica mica clays salt hydropower

Land use
Agricultural land: 23.7%

arable land: 16%
permanent crops: 1.5%
permanent pasture: 6.2%

Forest: 34.4%
Other: 41.9%

Irrigated land: 240 km² (2012)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes

Geography
Note: controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1200 islands islets ridges and rocks

Croatia - People 2017

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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: 4,292,095 (July 2017 est.)
Rank: 127
Growth rate: -0.5% (2017 est.)
Growth rate rank: 224
Below poverty line: 19.5% (2014 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Croat Croatian
Adjective: Croatian

Ethnic groups: Croat 90.4% Serb 4.4% other 4.4% (including Bosniak Hungarian Slovene Czech and Romani) unspecified 0.8% (2011 est.)

Languages: Croatian (official) 95.6% Serbian 1.2% other 3% (including Hungarian Czech Slovak and Albanian) unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 86.3% Orthodox 4.4% Muslim 1.5% other 1.5% unspecified 2.5% not religious or atheist 3.8% (2011 est.)

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 14.21%
15-24 years: 11.24%
25-54 years: 40.43%
55-64 years: 14.82%
65 years and over: 19.31% (2017 est.)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 50.9
Youth dependency ratio: 22.4
Elderly dependency ratio: 28.5
Potential support ratio: 3.5

Median age
Total: 43 years
Male: 41.1 years
Female: 45 years
Rank: 20

Population growth rate: -0.5% (2017 est.)
Rank: 224

Birth rate: 8.9 births/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 210

Death rate: 12.2 deaths/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 21

Net migration rate: -1.7 migrant(s)/1000 population (2017 est.)
Rank: 152

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

Urbanization
Urban population: 59.6% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 0.22% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: ZAGREB (capital) 687,000 (2015)

Environment
Current issues: air pollution improving but still a concern in urban settings and in emissions arriving from neighboring countries; surface water pollution in the Danube River Basin
International agreements party to: Air Pollution Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants Air Pollution-Sulfur 94 Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea Marine Dumping Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Wetlands Whaling
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.06 male/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male/female
25-54 years: 1 male/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male/female
Total population: 0.93 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth: 28 years (2014 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 9.3 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 9 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 9.6 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 145

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 76.1 years
Male: 72.9 years
Female: 79.4 years
Rank: 89

Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Rank: 211

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source:

urban: 99.6% of population
rural: 99.7% of population
total: 99.6% of population
urban: 0.4% of population
rural: 0.3% of population
total: 0.4% of population (2015 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density: 3.13 physicians/1000 population (2014)

Hospital bed density: 5.9 beds/1000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access:

urban: 97.8% of population
rural: 95.8% of population
total: 97% of population
urban: 2.2% of population
rural: 4.2% of population
total: 3% of population (2015 est.)

Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: .1% (2016 est.)
People living with hivaids: 1500 (2016 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 119
Deaths: 100 (2016 est.)

Major infectious diseases
Degree of risk: intermediate
Vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 24.4% (2016)
Rank: 59

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures: 4.6% of GDP (2013)
Rank: 99

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 99.3%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 98.9%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 15 years
Male: 15 years
Female: 16 years

Youth unemployment

Croatia - Government 2017

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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Croatia
Conventional short form: Croatia
Local long form: Republika Hrvatska
Local short form: Hrvatska
Former: People's Republic of Croatia Socialist Republic of Croatia
Etymology: name derives from the Croats a Slavic tribe who migrated to the Balkans in the 7th century A.D.

Government type: parliamentary republic

Capital
Name: Zagreb
Geographic coordinates: 45 48 N 16 00 E
Time difference: UTC+1
Daylight saving time: +1hr begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Administrative divisions: 20 counties (zupanije zupanija - singular) 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)

Dependent areas

Independence: 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)

National holiday: Independence Day 8 October (1991) and Statehood Day 25 June (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

Constitution
History: several previous; latest adopted 22 December 1990
Amendments: 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; amended several times last in 2014

Legal system: civil law system influenced by legal heritage of Austria-Hungary; note - Croatian law was fully harmonized with the European Community acquis as of the June 2010 completion of EU accession negotiations

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Croatia
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Suffrage: 18 years of age 16 if employed; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC
Head of government: Prime Minister Andrej PLENKOVIC ; Deputy Prime Ministers Damir KRSTICEVIC (since 19 October 2016) Martina DALIC (since 19 October 2016) Predrag STROMAR (since 9 June 2017) and Marija Pejcinovic BURIC (since 19 June 2017)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers named by the prime minister and approved by the Assembly
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 28 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 (next to be held in 2019); the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the president and approved by the Assembly
Election results: Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC elected president; percent of vote in the second round - Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC 50.7% Ivo JOSIPOVIC (Forward Croatia Progressive Alliance) 49.3%

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor div>span class=category>description: /span>span class=category_data>unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor (151 seats; 140 members in 10 multi-seat constituencies and 3 members in a single constituency for Croatian diaspora directly elected by proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold; an additional 8 members elected from a nationwide constituency by simple majority by voters belonging to minorities recognized by Croatia; the Serb minority elects 3 Assembly members the Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 each the Czech and Slovak minorities elect 1 jointly and all other minorities elect 2; all members serve 4-year terms
Elections: last held on 11 September 2016 - Assembly voted on 20 June 2016 to dissolve on 15 July 2016 resulting in snap elections
Election results: percent of vote by party/coalition - NA; number of seats by party/coalition - HDZ coalition 61 People's Coalition 54 Most-NL 13 Only Option 8 minorities 8 other 7
Note: as of August 2017 seats by party - HDZ 55 SDP 37 MOST-NL 12 HNS 5 HSS 5 GLAS 4 IDS 3 SDSS 3 Human Blockade 3 HDS 2 PH 2 other 7 independent 13

Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court
Judge selection and term of office: president of Supreme Court nominated by president of Croatia and elected by Croatian Sabor for a 4-year term; other Supreme Court justices appointed by National Judicial Council; all judges serve until age 70
Subordinate courts: Administrative Court; county municipal and specialized courts; note - there is an 11-member Constitutional Court with jurisdiction limited to constitutional issues but is outside Croatia's judicial system

Political parties and leaders:

Let's Change Croatia or PH [Ivan LOVRINOVIC]
Milan Bandic 365 - Party of Labor and Solidarity or BM365-SRS [Milan BANDIC]
Movement for Successful Croatia or HRAST [Ladislav ILCIC]
People's Party - Reformists Party [Radimir CACIC]
Smart Party or PAMETNO [Marijana PULJAK]
Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP [Davor BERNARDIC]

International organization participation: 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 SELEC UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNFICYP UNHCR UNIDO UNIFIL UNMIL UNMOGIP UNWTO UPU WCO WHO WIPO WMO WTO ZC

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Pjer SIMUNOVIC
In the us chancery: 2,343 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 588-5,899
In the us FAX: [1] 588-8,936
In the us consulate general: Chicago Los Angeles New York
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Julieta Valls NOYES
From the us embassy: 2 Thomas Jefferson Street 10,010 Zagreb
From the us mailing address: use embassy street address
From the us telephone: [385] 661-2,200
From the us FAX: [385] 661-2,373

Flag description

: three equal horizontal bands of red (top) white and blue - the Pan-Slav colors - superimposed by the Croatian coat of arms; the coat of arms consists of one main shield (a checkerboard of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields) surmounted by five smaller shields that form a crown over the main shield; the five small shields represent five historic regions (from left to right): Croatia Dubrovnik Dalmatia Istria and Slavonia
Note: the Pan-Slav colors were inspired by the 19th-century flag of Russia

National symbols: red-white checkerboard; national colors: red white blue

National anthem
Name: 'Lijepa nasa domovino'
Lyrics and music: Antun MIHANOVIC/Josip RUNJANIN
Note: adopted 1972; 'Lijepa nasa domovino' whose lyrics were written in 1835 served as an unofficial anthem beginning in 1891

National heritage

Croatia - Economy 2017

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Economy overview:

Though still one of the wealthiest of the former Yugoslav republics Croatia's economy suffered badly during the 1991-95 war. The country's output during that time collapsed and Croatia missed the early waves of investment in Central and Eastern Europe that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall. Between 2000 and 2007 however Croatia's economic fortunes began to improve with moderate but steady GDP growth between 4% and 6% led by a rebound in tourism and credit-driven consumer spending. Inflation over the same period remained tame and the currency the kuna stable.
Croatia experienced an abrupt slowdown in the economy in 2008 and is slowly recovering; economic growth was stagnant or negative in each year since 2009 but picked up in 2015-16. Difficult problems still remain including a stubbornly high unemployment rate uneven regional development and a challenging investment climate. In 2016 Croatia demonstrated a commitment to improving the business climate simplifying its tax code to stimulate growth from domestic consumption and foreign investment. Even before 2016 Croatia has worked to become a regional energy player and plans to import liquefied natural gas through a prospective import terminal and re-export it to European consumers.
On 1 July 2013 Croatia joined the EU following a decade-long application process. Croatia will be a member of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism with its currency effectively pegged to the euro until it meets the criteria for joining the Economic and Monetary Union and adopts the euro as its currency. EU accession has increased pressure on the government to reduce Croatia’s relatively high public debt which triggered the EU’s excessive deficit procedure for fiscal consolidation. Zagreb has cut spending since 2012 and the government also raised additional revenues through more stringent tax collection and by raising the value-added tax. The government has also sought to accelerate privatization of non-strategic assets with mixed success.

Real gdp purchasing power parity:

$95.65 billion (2016 est.)
$91.71 billion (2015 est.)
$88.74 billion (2014 est.)

Note: data are in 2016 dollars
Rank: 85

Real gdp growth rate:

3% (2016 est.)
2.2% (2015 est.)
-0.5% (2014 est.)

Rank: 100

Real gdp per capita:

$22,900 (2016 est.)
$22,100 (2015 est.)
$21,400 (2014 est.)

Note: data are in 2016 dollars
Rank: 82

Gross national saving:

22.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
24.6% of GDP (2015 est.)
20.7% of GDP (2014 est.)

Rank: 72

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 57.9%
Government consumption: 19.2%
Investment in fixed capital: 20.1%
Investment in inventories: -0.3%
Exports of goods and services: 49.7%
Imports of goods and services: -46.6%

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 4.1%
Industry: 26.5%
Services: 69.4%

Agriculture products: arable crops (wheat corn barley sugar beet sunflower rapeseed alfalfa clover); vegetables (potatoes cabbage onion tomato pepper); fruits (apples plum mandarins olives) grapes for wine; livestock (cattle cows pigs); dairy products

Industries: chemicals and plastics machine tools fabricated metal electronics pig iron and rolled steel products aluminum paper wood products construction materials textiles shipbuilding petroleum and petroleum refining food and beverages tourism

Industrial production growth rate: 4.6% (2016 est.)
Rank: 51

Labor force: 1.617 million (2016 est.)
Rank: 129
By occupation agriculture: 1.9%
By occupation industry: 27.6%
By occupation services: 70.4%

Unemployment rate:

15% (2016 est.)
17.1% (2015 est.)

Rank: 170

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 19.5% (2014 est.)

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 3.3%
Highest 10: 27.5%

Distribution of family income gini index:

32 (2010)
29 (1998)

Rank: 114

Budget
Revenues: $23.99 billion
Expenditures: $24.39 billion
Surplus or deficit: -0.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 64

Taxes and other revenues: 47.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Rank: 19

Public debt:

83.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
86.3% of GDP (2015 est.)

Rank: 31

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:

-1.1% (2016 est.)
-0.5% (2015 est.)

Rank: 12

Central bank discount rate:

7% (31 December 2013)
7% (31 December 2012)

Rank: 52

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

4.85% (31 December 2016 est.)
5.83% (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 145

Stock of narrow money:

$11.64 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$10.11 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 80

Stock of broad money:

$41.97 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$41.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 69

Stock of domestic credit:

$41.38 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$42.41 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 70

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$36.29 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$33.75 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$33.44 billion (31 December 2012 est.)

Rank: 60

Current account balance:

$1.326 billion (2016 est.)
$2.284 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 40

Exports:

$11.63 billion (2016 est.)
$11.32 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 81
Commodities: transport equipment machinery textiles chemicals foodstuffs fuels
Partners: Italy 13.5% Slovenia 12.3% Germany 11.6% Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.2% Austria 6.3% Serbia 4.2% (2016)

Imports:

$19.76 billion (2016 est.)
$19.06 billion (2015 est.)

Rank: 71
Commodities: machinery transport and electrical equipment; chemicals fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Partners: Germany 16.1% Italy 12.6% Slovenia 10.9% Austria 7.9% Hungary 7.1% (2016)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$14.24 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$14.97 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 67

Debt external:

$45.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$49.33 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 66

Stock of direct foreign investment at home:

$41.63 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$39.76 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 60

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:

$7.757 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
$8.032 billion (31 December 2015 est.)

Rank: 65

Exchange rates:

kuna (HRK) per US dollar -
6.806 (2016 est.)
6.806 (2015 est.)
6.8583 (2014 est.)
5.7482 (2013 est.)
5.85 (2012 est.)

Croatia - Energy 2017

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Electricity
Access electrification total population: 100%
Production: 10.82 billion kWh (2015 est.)
Production rank: 98
Consumption: 15.8 billion kWh (2015 est.)
Consumption rank: 76
Exports: 1.858 billion kWh (2015 est.)
Exports rank: 46
Imports: 8.64 billion kWh (2015 est.)
Imports rank: 29
Installed generating capacity: 4.915 million kW (2015 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 79
Generation sources fossil fuels: 43.8% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 164
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 109
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 39% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 53
Generation sources other renewable sources: 12% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 62

Coal

Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 13,580 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 78
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 138
Crude oil imports: 47,200 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 55
Crude oil proven reserves: 71 million bbl (1 January 2017 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 78

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 65,860 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products production rank: 75
Products consumption: 69,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products consumption rank: 93
Products exports: 33,660 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products exports rank: 58
Products imports: 31,840 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products imports rank: 100

Natural gas
Production: 1.829 billion m³ (2015 est.)
Production rank: 59
Consumption: 3.59 billion m³ (2015 est.)
Consumption rank: 72
Exports: 422 million m³ (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 44
Imports: 1.072 billion m³ (2015 est.)
Imports rank: 59
Proven reserves: 24.92 billion m³ (1 January 2017 es)
Proven reserves rank: 73

Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 19 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 83

Energy consumption per capita

Croatia - Communication 2017

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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 1,435,977
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33
Fixed lines rank: 66
Mobile cellular total: 4,414,347
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 102
Mobile cellular rank: 123

Telephone system
General assessment: the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s covering much of what were once inaccessible areas; local lines are digital
Domestic: fixed-line teledensity has dropped somewhat to about 33 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions now even with the population
International: country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic project which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece

Broadcast media: the national state-owned public broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision operates 4 terrestrial TV networks a satellite channel that rebroadcasts programs for Croatians living abroad and 6 regional TV centers; 2 private broadcasters operate national terrestrial networks; roughly 25 privately owned regional TV stations; multi-channel cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; state-owned public broadcaster operates 3 national radio networks and 9 regional radio stations; 2 privately owned national radio networks and more than 170 regional county city and community radio stations (2012)

Internet
Country code: .hr
Users total: 3,135,949
Users percent of population: 72.7%
Users rank: 86

Broadband fixed subscriptions

Croatia - Military 2017

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Military expenditures:

1.38% of GDP (2016)
1.55% of GDP (2015)
1.59% of GDP (2014)
1.66% of GDP (2013)
1.69% of GDP (2012)

Rank: 51

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation: 18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2008 (2017)

Space program

Terrorist groups

Croatia - Transportation 2017

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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 3
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 46
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,782,666
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 775,320 mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: 9A (2016)

Airports: 69 (2013)
Rank: 72
With paved runways total: 24
With paved runways over 3047 m: 2
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 6
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 3
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 3
With paved runways under 914 m: 10
With unpaved runways total: 45
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 6
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 38

Heliports: 1 (2013)

Pipelines: gas 2,410 km; oil 610 km (2011)

Railways
Total: 2,722 km
Standard gauge: 2,722 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
Rank: 61

Roadways
Total: 26,958 km (2015)
Rank: 98

Waterways: 785 km (2009)
Rank: 73

Merchant marine
Total: 77
By type: bulk carrier 24 cargo 7 chemical tanker 8 passenger/cargo 27 petroleum tanker 10 refrigerated cargo 1
Foreign owned: 2
Registered in other countries: 31 (2010)
Rank: 60

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Ploce Rijeka Sibernik Split
River port: Vukovar
Oil terminal: Omisalj

Croatia - Transnational issues 2017

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Disputes international
Rank: li>a href='../rankorder/rankorderguide.html'>Guide to Country Comparisons: dispute remains with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinders ratification of the 1999 border agreement; since the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s Croatia and Slovenia have each claimed sovereignty over Piranski Bay and four villages and Slovenia has objected to Croatia's claim of an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic Sea; in 2009 however Croatia and Slovenia signed a binding international arbitration agreement to define their disputed land and maritime borders which led to Slovenia lifting its objections to Croatia joining the EU; Slovenia continues to impose a hard border Schengen regime with Croatia which joined the EU in 2013 but has not yet fulfilled Schengen requirements

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Stateless persons: 2,873
Note: 659,105 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals ; flows have slowed considerably in 2017; Croatia is predominantly a transit country and hosts fewer than 600 asylum seekers as of September 2017

Illicit drugs: primarily a transit country along the Balkan route for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe and other illicit drugs and chemical precursors to and from Western Europe; no significant domestic production of illicit drugs

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