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.