Producer prices in Croatia increased by 6.2% year-on-year in August 2026, accelerating from 4.9% in the previous month and marking the highest reading since May. Costs in mining and quarrying advanced sharply (28.7% vs 13.9% in July), reflecting higher prices in the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (54.1% vs 19.5%). Additionally, manufacturing prices continued to rise (5.6% vs 4.3%), particularly for the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (59.6% vs 38.7%), basic metals (6.2% vs 3.6%), chemicals and chemical products (6.0% vs 5.2%), wearing apparel (2.1% vs 1.5%), and wood and wood products, except furniture, articles of straw and plaiting materials (6.5% vs 6.1%). Prices for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply also edged higher (5.6% vs 5.4%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.3% in August, recovering from a 0.2% fall in the previous month. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Producer Prices in Croatia increased 6.20 percent in August of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Producer Prices Change in Croatia averaged 2.31 percent from 2009 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 24.00 percent in June of 2022 and a record low of -6.60 percent in May of 2020. This page provides - Croatia Producer Prices Change- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Croatia Producer Prices Change - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2026.

Producer Prices in Croatia increased 6.20 percent in August of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Producer Prices Change in Croatia is expected to be 4.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Croatia Producer Prices Change is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027 and 2.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-08-13 09:00 AM
PPI YoY
Jul 4.9% 5.7% 5.8%
2026-09-10 09:00 AM
PPI YoY
Aug 6.2% 4.9% 4.5%
2026-10-08 09:00 AM
PPI YoY
Sep 6.2% 4.2%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
CPI 104.10 104.40 points Jul 2026
Core Consumer Prices 102.80 103.10 points Jul 2026
Core Inflation Rate 2.40 2.90 percent Jul 2026
CPI Housing Utilities 110.60 109.80 points Jul 2026
CPI Transportation 109.10 108.20 points Jul 2026
Food Inflation -0.10 0.80 percent Jul 2026
Harmonised Consumer Prices 105.36 105.04 points Aug 2026
Inflation Rate YoY 4.10 3.90 percent Aug 2026
Inflation Rate MoM 0.30 -0.20 percent Aug 2026
Producer Prices 129.20 127.50 points Aug 2026
PPI YoY 6.20 4.90 percent Aug 2026


Croatia Producer Prices Change
In Croatia, the Producer Price Index measures the average change in price of goods and services sold by manufacturers and producers in the wholesale market during a given period.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6.20 4.90 24.00 -6.60 2009 - 2026 percent Monthly
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News Stream
Croatia Producer Prices at 3-Month High
Producer prices in Croatia increased by 6.2% year-on-year in August 2026, accelerating from 4.9% in the previous month and marking the highest reading since May. Costs in mining and quarrying advanced sharply (28.7% vs 13.9% in July), reflecting higher prices in the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas (54.1% vs 19.5%). Additionally, manufacturing prices continued to rise (5.6% vs 4.3%), particularly for the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum (59.6% vs 38.7%), basic metals (6.2% vs 3.6%), chemicals and chemical products (6.0% vs 5.2%), wearing apparel (2.1% vs 1.5%), and wood and wood products, except furniture, articles of straw and plaiting materials (6.5% vs 6.1%). Prices for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply also edged higher (5.6% vs 5.4%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.3% in August, recovering from a 0.2% fall in the previous month.
2026-09-10
Croatia Producer Inflation Eases to 4-Month Low
Producer prices in Croatia increased by 4.9% year-on-year in July 2026, easing from 5.7% in the previous month, marking the lowest reading in four months. The slowdown was mainly driven by a softer increase in mining and quarrying prices (13.9% vs. 18.5% in June), largely reflecting a slower rise in crude petroleum and natural gas extraction (19.5% vs. 30.8%). Manufacturing producer price inflation also moderated (4.3% vs. 5.3%), due to a sharp easing in prices of coke and refined petroleum products (38.7% vs. 54.6%). In contrast, inflation accelerated slightly for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (5.4% vs. 4.7%), while price growth also edged up for water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (2.0% vs. 1.8%). On a monthly basis, producer prices declined by 0.2%, easing from a 0.3% decline in the previous month.
2026-08-13
Croatia Producer Inflation Drops for 2nd Month
The annual producer price inflation in Croatia slowed to 5.7% in June of 2026 from 6.2% in the previous month. It was a second straight slowdown since the surge in energy prices from the war in Iran lifted producer inflation to a three-year high of 7% in April. Energy inflation for producers was at 17.2% in the period, solely maintaining the headline rate at elevated levels on a historical standard. Meanwhile, inflation for intermediate goods producers was at 2.2%, while that for capital goods producers was at 1.3%. Cost growth was soft both for durable (1.1%) and non-durable (0.1%) consumer goods producers. From the previous month, the Croatian PPI advanced 0.3%.
2026-07-10