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Maritime profile: Croatia

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2022
Population
GDP
Merchandise trade¹
4.030 Millions
71 552 Millions current US$
70 090 Millions current US$
Land area²
GDP growth
Transport services trade³
(j) 55 960 Km²
6.35 %
26 919 Millions current US$
MARITIME KEY FIGURES FOR 2022
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Coast/area ratio²
Ship building⁴
Ship recycling⁴
101.2 m/km²
80 759 GT
..
Fleet - National flag⁵
Fleet - National flag⁵
Fleet - Ownership⁶
1 527 Thousands DWT
380 ships
2 475 Thousands DWT
Number of port calls⁹
Container port throughput⁷
Number of seafarers⁸
376 981 TEU
..
78 718
WORLD SHARES FOR 2022
0.05 %0.35 %0.07 %0.10 %0.17 %0.07 %0.05 %0.11 %0.09 %0.15 %Not available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reported0.05 %0.09 %0.11 %0.18 %0.12 %Not available or not separately reported0.22 %0.05 %0.35 %0.07 %0.10 %0.17 %0.07 %0.05 %0.11 %0.09 %0.15 %Not available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reportedNot available or not separately reported0.05 %0.09 %0.11 %0.18 %0.12 %Not available or not separately reported0.22 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+16.4 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2022
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Merchandise exports
8 773
11 806
12 925
25 467
Merchandise imports
18 560
20 067
20 571
44 623
Merchandise trade balance
-9 787
-8 261
-7 646
-19 156
Export structure by product group in 2022
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %57 %57 %19 %19 %5 %5 %4 %4 %14 %14 %
Top 5 partners in 2022
(exports, millions of US$)
3 0722 9022 8402 7982 6233 0722 9022 8402 7982 623
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES
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+19.4 %
Transport services exports growth rate in 2022
Services exports by main category¹⁰
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport
12.1
10.8
9.7
7.3
Travel
68.2
68.5
68.4
66.0
Other services
14.8
18.0
17.5
22.7
Total trade in transport services¹⁰
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Transport services exports
1 095
1 295
1 128
1 535
Transport services imports
546
609
642
1 075
Transport services trade balance
549
685
486
460
NATIONAL FLEET
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-15.0 %
Fleet growth rate in 2022
Carrying capacity by type of ship⁵
(Thousands DWT)
2005
2010
2015
2022
Total fleet
1 522.0
2 277.1
2 109.7
1 526.5
Oil tankers
273.0
1 238.6
1 033.2
817.5
Bulk carriers
1 054.0
948.0
995.3
624.5
General cargo
163.0
53.8
26.0
12.7
Container ships
..
..
0.0
0.0
Other types of ships
32.0
36.7
55.3
71.8
Fleet by type of ship⁵
(Number of ships)
32203212142920311417276030151824903317202420341819
LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY
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Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in Q1 2022¹¹
Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)
Liner shipping connectivity index¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
64.364.262.261.161.160.960.860.861.064.759.761.062.162.160.456.456.456.461.363.663.464.167.463.563.557.160.960.960.753.353.952.445.953.053.050.049.545.145.545.147.248.752.646.545.645.651.251.553.148.442.747.341.424.525.638.746.441.838.141.940.537.538.639.233.434.233.731.5
PORT CALLS AND PERFORMANCE
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Port calls, time spent in ports, vessel age and size in 2022⁹
 
Number of arrivals
Median time
in port (days)
Avg age
of vessels
Avg size (GT)
of vessels
Avg cargo
carrying
capacity (DWT)
per vessel
Avg container
carrying
capacity (TEU)
per container ship
Maximum size (GT) of vessels
All ships
78 718
1.36
18
3 849
19 533
3 843
164 998
Liquid bulk carriers
565
1.01
16
15 962
27 077
..
84 029
Liquefied petroleum gas carriers
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Liquefied natural gas carriers
32
2.17
6
109 959
88 111
..
136 980
Dry bulk carriers
344
3.08
25
18 404
32 323
..
93 274
Dry breakbulk carriers
796
2.43
25
4 303
5 876
..
66 870
Roll-on/ roll-off ships
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Container ships
375
0.72
16
41 224
..
3 843
153 773
Passenger ships
76 606
..
18
3 462
..
..
164 998
Port liner shipping connectivity index - Top 5 ports in 2022¹¹
Average Q1 2023=100
12.512.512.812.812.813.213.213.013.713.714.415.215.214.914.924.026.126.128.720.120.121.422.524.424.423.723.723.825.025.027.627.028.327.719.419.418.018.726.512.912.912.913.113.813.813.213.213.226.721.220.522.524.324.318.921.221.220.120.020.620.621.021.023.923.924.524.524.625.222.022.022.522.322.024.624.627.120.120.120.212.814.714.714.121.421.422.722.725.324.725.325.526.326.324.927.635.421.522.112.922.120.020.022.222.222.234.129.135.243.044.036.733.27.714.314.314.314.314.314.314.214.214.2136.9136.5124.3129.6129.5129.1129.4129.4129.8136.7126.4129.2131.7131.7130.5122.2121.6122.8122.9120.5120.0123.8132.6119.7126.7111.7118.6117.9116.8104.8104.6106.289.3103.6103.596.396.896.3100.7100.898.899.1104.695.497.289.9106.9107.4107.295.080.780.973.637.541.179.389.080.377.190.989.882.884.787.373.774.672.966.2
Source: Detailed data sources are available in the documentation of the corresponding tables in the Data Center (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/). A link to these tables is provided in each section of the profile.
Notes:
1
Sum of exports and imports.
2
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Coastline length based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale.
3
Sum of exports and imports. Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
4
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
5
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
6
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research (https://www.clarksons.com/services/research/).
7
UNCTAD Secretariat, derived from various sources including Dynamar B.V. Publications, terminal operators and port authorities. Refers to year 2020.
8
Refers to year 2022. Source: BIMCO-ICS Manpower Report 2015 and BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report, 2022 edition.
9
UNCTAD Secretariat, based on data provided by MarineTraffic (http://marinetraffic.com). Ships of 1000 GT and above.
10
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6, 2009).
11
UNCTAD Secretariat, generated from data provided by MDS Transmodal (https://www.mdst.co.uk).
j
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
Not available or not separately reported
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
LNG:
Liquefied natural gas
LPG:
Liquefied petroleum gas
GDP:
Gross domestic product
GT:
Gross tons
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
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Generation date: 11 April 2024