Croatia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) was US$8.17 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 407.8% from US$1.61 billion in 2015 (17.64% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$8.17 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.35 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.61 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$8.17 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$247.54 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2016 | US$4.41 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$247.71 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Croatia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose 19.8% on 2024 (from US$6.82 billion to US$8.17 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.5% and a typical year strayed about 29.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 85.9% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.7% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$584.09 million a year. A straight line explains 81% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Croatia had the 63rd highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | US$8.17 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$7.99 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$3.97 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$6.83 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Croatia in the 2025 ranking
- Dominican Republic — 59th of 136: US$9.2 billion
- Ukraine — 60th of 136: US$9.03 billion
- Panama — 61st of 136: US$8.85 billion
- Serbia — 63rd of 136: US$7.9 billion
- Uruguay — 64th of 136: US$6.88 billion
- Bangladesh — 65th of 136: US$6.88 billion
What this measures
Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 33 values
| Year | Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,170,356,806 |
| 2024 | 6,818,955,945 |
| 2023 | 5,927,159,035 |
| 2022 | 4,418,341,071 |
| 2021 | 4,233,638,112 |
| 2020 | 2,350,880,485 |
| 2019 | 3,393,923,323 |
| 2018 | 3,507,483,224 |
| 2017 | 2,610,222,260 |
| 2016 | 2,630,361,950 |
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.25 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$1.82 billion (2025)
- Austria — US$49.77 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$4.89 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.87 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$105.04 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$1.67 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — US$11.11 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$28.55 billion (2025)
- Czechia — US$37.01 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Croatia
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.64% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$218.01 million (2021)
- Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing) — 6.74% (2023)
- Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) — 18.98% (2023)
- Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 54.8% (2023)
- Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 4.39% (2023)
- GDP (current US$) — US$105.06 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 92.98 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Croatia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$8.17 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 3,198% from US$247.71 million in 1993 (11.54% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$8.17 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$247.54 million in 1995.
- How does Croatia rank?
- 63rd highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in primary income payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Croatia?
- In 2025, Croatia's primary income payments (BoP, current US$) rose 19.8% on 2024 (from US$6.82 billion to US$8.17 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.5% and a typical year strayed about 29.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.FCTY.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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