Starting a business - Score in Croatia
Croatia: Starting a business - Score was 85.28 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Croatia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starting a business - score in Croatia is 85.28, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Croatia peaked at 85.28 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 74.51, in 2003.
Croatia ranks 115th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 74.51 | — |
| 2004 | 74.9 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 75.12 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 79.35 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 81.76 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 81.88 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 82.32 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 82.77 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 82.89 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 82.46 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 82.2 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 82.9 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 82.92 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 82.46 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 82.49 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 82.62 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.28 | +3.2% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 85.28 is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 94% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 85.28 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.32, 92% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.55 | 74.51 | 82.32 | 7 |
| 2010s | 82.9 | 82.2 | 85.28 | 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 - score in Croatia?
- Starting a business - score in Croatia was 85.28 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 85.28 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.51 in 2003.
- How does Croatia rank for starting a business - score?
- Croatia ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.