Retail sales in Croatia rose 1.4% year-on-year in July 2025, easing from a 7.5% jump in the previous month. This marked the slowest increase since a decline in March 2023, as growth moderated for non-food products (7.6% vs 11.5% in June), automotive fuels and lubricants (3% vs 3.4%), and internet or mail-order trade (4.1% vs 5.5%). At the same time, sales of food, beverages, and tobacco fell 1.9%, after a 3.6% rise in June. On a monthly basis, retail sales contracted by 4.0%, the steepest drop since April 2020, reversing a 3.5% increase in June, as sales declined for all components. For the January–July period, retail sales grew 3.8% compared to the same period a year earlier. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Retail Sales in Croatia increased 1.40 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia averaged 3.48 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 34.20 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -25.50 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Croatia Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Croatia Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Retail Sales in Croatia increased 1.40 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia is expected to be 1.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Croatia Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2026 and 3.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-07-30 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jun 7.5% 2.6% 2.0%
2025-08-29 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jul 1.4% 7.5% 5.9%
2025-09-30 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Aug 1.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bank Lending Rate 4.45 4.55 percent Jul 2025
Consumer Confidence -11.80 -11.50 points Aug 2025
Consumer Credit 26423.20 26096.90 EUR Million Jul 2025
Consumer Spending 10167.00 9113.00 EUR Million Jun 2025
Gasoline Prices 1.69 1.66 USD/Liter Aug 2025
Retail Sales MoM -4.00 3.50 percent Jul 2025
Retail Sales YoY 1.40 7.50 percent Jul 2025

Croatia Retail Sales YoY
In Croatia, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.40 7.50 34.20 -25.50 2001 - 2025 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, WDA

News Stream
Croatia Retail Sales Growth Slows Sharply
Retail sales in Croatia rose 1.4% year-on-year in July 2025, easing from a 7.5% jump in the previous month. This marked the slowest increase since a decline in March 2023, as growth moderated for non-food products (7.6% vs 11.5% in June), automotive fuels and lubricants (3% vs 3.4%), and internet or mail-order trade (4.1% vs 5.5%). At the same time, sales of food, beverages, and tobacco fell 1.9%, after a 3.6% rise in June. On a monthly basis, retail sales contracted by 4.0%, the steepest drop since April 2020, reversing a 3.5% increase in June, as sales declined for all components. For the January–July period, retail sales grew 3.8% compared to the same period a year earlier.
2025-08-29
Croatia Retail Sales Growth Jumps to Near 1-Year High
Retail sales in Croatia climbed by 7.5% year-on-year in June 2025, marking the steepest increase in nearly a year, following a 2.6% rise in the prior month. Sales increased significantly for automotive fuel and lubricants (13.4% vs 7.5% in May ) and non-food products (11.5% vs 7.7%), while rebounding for food, beverages and tobacco (3.6% vs -1.4%). On a monthly basis, retail activity rose by 3.5% in June, reversing a 1.4% decrease in the previous month.
2025-07-30
Croatia Retail Sales Growth Slows in May
Retail sales in Croatia rose by 2.6% year-on-year in May 2025, the least since August 2023, following a 4.9% advance in the previous month. Sales continued to grow at a robust pace for non-food products (7.7% vs 7.5% in April) and automotive fuels and lubricants (7.5% vs 10.9%), but declined for food, beverages & tobacco (-1.4% vs 4.9%).On a monthly basis, retail activity fell by 1.4% in May, marking the steepest decrease since January 2022, after a 1% rise in the prior month.
2025-06-30