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Industrial production in Croatia at beginning of 2025: moderate growth amid instability

21 April , 2025  

Experts Club has published a study on the dynamics of industrial production in Croatia and its trends in recent years. In the beginning of 2025, industrial production in Croatia shows moderate growth, despite fluctuations in previous months. According to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, industrial production increased by 5.4% in February 2025 compared to the same period of the previous year. This is a slowdown compared to January 2025, when growth was 7.6%.

The following industries recorded the highest growth in February 2025.

  • Energy: up 27.8%
  • Production of capital goods: up 13.4%.
  • Production of intermediate goods: up 1.0%.

At the same time, consumer goods production declined:

  • Durable consumer goods: down 5.0%
  • Nondurable consumer goods: down by 3.0%.

Monthly trends

Compared to January 2025, industrial production fell 3.9% in February. This is the first decline in the last three months, indicating instability in the industrial sector.

Historical dynamics of industrial production (2000-2024)

Below are the dynamics of industrial production in Croatia for the period from 2000 to 2024:

  • 2000: growth of 4.6%
  • 2001: growth of 3.8%
  • 2002: growth of 1.7%
  • 2003: growth of 1.8%
  • 2004: growth of 2.1%
  • 2005: growth of 5.1%
  • 2006: growth of 4.5%
  • 2007: growth of 5.6%
  • 2008: growth of 1.6%
  • 2009: decrease of 9.2%
  • 2010: decrease of 1.5%
  • 2011: decrease of 1.2%
  • 2012: decrease by 5.5%
  • 2013: decrease by 2.0%
  • 2014: increase of 1.3%
  • 2015: increase by 2.7%
  • 2016: up by 5.0%
  • 2017: up 1.9%
  • 2018: decrease of 0.3%
  • 2019: growth of 0.5%
  • 2020: decrease of 3.4%
  • 2021: growth of 9.6%.

These data reflect fluctuations in Croatia’s industrial production over the last 25 years, with periods of both growth and decline.

Source: https://expertsclub.eu/prom%d1%8bshlennoe-proyzvodstvo-v-horvatyy-v-nachale-2025-goda-umerenn%d1%8bj-rost-na-fone-nestabylnosty/

 

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