Retail sales in Croatia increased by 3.1% year-on-year in February 2026, up from 3% in the previous month. Sales activity rose for non-food products excluding automotive fuels and lubricants (6.5% vs 5.4% in January), trade excluding automotive fuels and lubricants in specialized stores (6.1% vs 5.6%), and retail activity via the internet or mail order (13% vs 7.8%). Meanwhile, growth in food, beverages, and tobacco slowed (5.8% vs 6.1%), while declines deepened in automotive fuels and lubricants (-8.7% vs -5.7%). For the first two months of 2026, retail sales increased by 3% compared with the same period a year earlier. On a monthly basis, retail activity fell 0.2% in February, easing from a 1.2% decline in the preceding period. source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Retail Sales in Croatia increased 3.10 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia averaged 3.47 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 April of 2026.
Retail Sales in Croatia increased 3.10 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Croatia is expected to be 2.90 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.