9% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 51 9% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
11.55% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 90 10.07% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$8.72 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 75 $8.964 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$40.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $42.59 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$48.62 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 64 $48.6 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$25.64 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 55 $26.79 billion (31 December 2008)
$65.98 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover, olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, 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:
−0.9% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 157
Electricity - production:
11.49 billion kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 87
Electricity - consumption:
18 billion kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Electricity - exports:
5.668 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
12.24 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
23,960 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 74
Oil - consumption:
106,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Oil - exports:
43,750 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Oil - imports:
122,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 59
Oil - proved reserves:
73.35 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Natural gas - production:
2.847 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 56
Natural gas - consumption:
3.205 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Natural gas - exports:
695.5 million cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Natural gas - imports:
1.22 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 54
Natural gas - proved reserves:
30.58 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69
Current account balance:
-$2.312 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 159 -$3.247 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$11.51 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 81 $10.72 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Exports - partners:
Italy 19.1%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.98%, Germany 11.06%, Slovenia 7.47%, Austria 5.44%, Serbia 5.41% (2009)
Imports:
$20.93 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $21 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Italy 15.46%, Germany 13.57%, Russia 9.29%, China 6.83%, Slovenia 5.75%, Austria 5.04% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$13.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 49 $14.89 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$59.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 49 $62.41 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$34.63 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 59 $32.13 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$6.334 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 56 $5.934 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 5.6356 (2010), 5.271 (2009), 4.98 (2008), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006)
Communications ::Croatia
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.859 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 59
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.035 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 84
Telephone system:
general assessment: the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s; local lines are digital
domestic: fixed-line teledensity holding steady at about 40 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions exceed the population
international: country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) 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 (2009)
Broadcast media:
the national state-owned public broadcaster, Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), operates 2 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; about 15 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 a number of regional radio stations; 2 privately-owned national radio networks and a large number of regional, county, city, and community radio stations (2007)
Internet country code:
.hr
Internet hosts:
1.287 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 38
Internet users:
2.234 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 73
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