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KEY
FIGURES
Surface area: 56 538 km2
Population: 4.5 million (approx.)
The capital: Zagreb (population: 1 mil.)
Monetary unit: Cro. kuna (HRK) = 100 lipa (lp)
Exchange rate**: HRK per US$ = 8.3
Inflation**: 6.2%
GDP
per capita*: 4 488 US$ (PPP: 7 600 US$)
Average monthly wage*: ~ 800 US$ (brutto)
Unemployment**: 22.5%
Industrial production (change)**: 1.7%
Foreign direct investment flow*: USD 1.3 bn
Investment grade rating: BBB-
* Number from 1999
** Number from 2000
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Independence
- Croatia
has been independent since 1990
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President
- President
Stjepan Mesic since January 2000
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Parliament
- President
Croatian Parliament (Sabor)
- Lower House
of Representatives (Zastupnicki dom)
- Upper House
of Districts (Zupanijski dom)
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Parliament
- HDZ –
Croatian Democratic Association with 46
representatives in the Parliament – 30.46%
- HSLS –
Liberal party with 25 representatives in the
Parliament – 16.56%
- SDP –
Social democrats party with 43
representatives in the Parliament – 28.48 %
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Macroeconomic
Indicators
- GDP –
has been stable in the past four years with a slight inclination
to growth
- Inflation
– from 3.6% in 1997 it grew to show a slight decrease in
1999, but then again grew to 6.2% in 2000
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Exchange
rate USD/kuna - 8.3
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Foreign
debt – since 1992 continually grows
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Foreign
direct investments since 1993 - USD 3.7 billion
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Economic development
In
the last four years of economic development we can see:
- increase
of the unemployment rate
- inflation
varies showing an increase in 2000
- GDP shows
a positive growth
- direct foreign
investments show a significant growth
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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| Inflation
(CPI) |
3,6%
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5,7%
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4,2%
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6,2%
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| GDP
change |
6,8%
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2,5%
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-0.40%
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3,7%
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| Unemployment |
17,6%
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18,1%
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20,4%
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22,5%
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| Exchange
rate (kuna/DEM) |
6,2
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6,4
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7,1
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8,3
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| Direct
foreign investments (in USD bln) |
0,5
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0,9
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1,3
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n.a
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2010. Szeptember 5.
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