Starting a business: Minimum capital in Croatia
Croatia: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 5.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Croatia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 5.5% for starting a business: minimum capital in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 52.6% on the previous year and down 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Croatia peaked at 25.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2019.
Croatia ranks 36th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25.5% | — |
| 2004 | 24.4% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 18.4% | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 13.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 11.6% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | -52.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.2% | 13.4% | 25.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 12.3% | 5.5% | 13.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More private sector data for Croatia
- Merchandise trade 75.2% (2025)
- Food imports 14.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 50.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 28.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,323 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: minimum capital in Croatia?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Croatia was 5.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2019.
- How does Croatia rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Croatia ranks 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: minimum capital rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.