Retail sales in Croatia rose by 2.0% year-on-year in April 2026, easing from a 3.3% increase in the previous month. This marked the softest growth since November last year, as sales increased at a slower pace for food, beverages, and tobacco (2.6% vs 3.2% in March) and for non-food products excluding automotive fuels and lubricants (2.8% vs 8.0%). At the same time, sales of automotive fuels and lubricants declined sharply (-15.1% vs -5.0%), while retail sales via the internet or mail order turned negative (-3.6% vs 3.7%). Meanwhile, retail trade excluding automotive fuels and lubricants in specialised stores rose 3.9%, following a 4.6% increase in March. On a monthly basis, retail trade fell 0.2%, after a 0.9% rise in March. For the January–April period, retail sales went up by 2.8% compared with the same period a year earlier. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Retail Sales in Croatia increased 2 percent in April of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia averaged 3.46 percent from 2001 until 2026, 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 June of 2026.
Retail Sales in Croatia increased 2 percent in April of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia is expected to be 2.60 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 2027 and 2.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.