United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1992 CIA World Factbook


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Land use:

       32% arable land; 20% permanent crops; 18% meadows and pastures; 15% forest

       and woodland; 9% other; includes 5% irrigated

       Environment:

       air pollution from metallurgical plants; damaged forest; coastal pollution

       from industrial and domestic waste; subject to frequent and destructive

       earthquakes

       Note:

       controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish

       Straits

      :Croatia People

      Population:

       4,784,000 (July 1991), growth rate 0.39% (for the period 1981-91)

       Birth rate:

       12.2 births/1,000 population (1991)

       Death rate:

       11.3 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

       Net migration rate:

       NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)

       Infant mortality rate:

       10 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       67 years male, 74 years female (1980-82)

       Total fertility rate:

       NA children born/woman (1991)

       Nationality:

       noun - Croat(s); adjective - Croatian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Croat 78%, Serb 12%, Muslims 0.9%, Hungarian 0.5%, Slovenian 0.5%, others

       7.8%

       Religions:

       Catholic 76.5%, Orthodox 11.1%, Slavic Muslim 1.2%, Protestant 1.4%, others

       and unknown 11%

       Languages:

       Serbo-Croatian 96%

       Literacy:

       96.5% (male 98.6%, female 94.5%) age 10 and over can read and write (1991

       census)

       Labor force:

       1,509,489; industry and mining 37%, agriculture 4%, government NA%, other

       Organized labor:

       NA

      :Croatia Government

      Long-form name:

       None

       Type:

       parliamentary democracy

       Capital:

       Zagreb

       Administrative divisions:

       102 districts (opcine, singular - opcina)

       Independence:

       June 1991 from Yugoslavia

       Constitution:

       promulgated on 22 December 1990

       Legal system:

       based on civil law system; judicial/no judicial review of legislative acts;

       does/does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       National holiday:

       30 May, Statehood Day (1990)

       Executive branch:

       president, prime minister

       Legislative branch:

       bicameral

       Judicial branch:

       Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

       Leaders:

       Chief of State:

       President Franjo TUDJMAN (since April 1990), Vice President NA (since NA)

       Head of Government:

       Prime Minister Franjo GREGURIC (since August 1991), Deputy Prime Minister

       Mila RAMLJAK (since NA )

       Political parties and leaders:

       Christian Democratic Union, TUDJMAN; Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),

       Stjepan Mesic; Croatian National Party, Savka DABCEVIC-KUCAR; Croatian

       Christian Democratic Party (HKDS), Ivan CESAR; Croatian Party of Rights,

       Dobroslav Paraga; Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), Drazen BUDISA

       Suffrage:

       at age 16 if employed, universal at age 18

       Elections:

       Parliament:

       last held May 1990 (next to be held NA); results - HDZ won 205 seats; seats

       - 349 (total)

       President:

       NA

       Other political or pressure groups:

       NA

       Member of:

       CSCE

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Dr. Franc Vinko GOLEM, Office of Republic of Croatia, 256

       Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 543-5586

       US:

       Ambassador NA; Embassy at NA (mailing address is APO New York is 09862);

       telephone NA

       Flag:

       red, white, and blue with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)

      :Croatia Economy

      Overview:

       Before the political disintegration of Yugoslavia, the republic of Croatia

       stood next to Slovenia as the most prosperous and industrialized area, with

       a per capita output roughly comparable to that of Portugal and perhaps

       one-third above the Yugoslav average. Serbia and the Serb-dominated army of

       the old Yugoslavia, however, have seized Croatian territory, and the

       overriding determinant of Croatia's long-term economic prospects will be the

       final border settlement. Under the most favorable circumstances, Croatia

       will retain the Dalmatian coast with its major tourist attractions and

       Slavonia with its oilfields and rich agricultural land. Even so, Croatia

       would face monumental problems stemming from: the legacy of longtime

       Communist mismanagement of the economy; large foreign debt; damage during

       the fighting to bridges, factories, powerlines, buildings, and houses; and

       the disruption of economic ties to Serbia and the other former Yugoslav

       republics. At the minimum, extensive Western aid and investment, especially

       in the tourist and oil industries, would seem necessary to salvage a

       desperate economic situation. However, peace and political stability must

       come first.

       GDP:

       NA - $26.3 billion, per capita $5,600; real growth rate -25% (1991 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       14.3% (March 1992)

       Unemployment rate:

       20% (December 1991)

       Budget:

       revenues $NA million; expenditures $NA million, including capital

       expenditures of $NA million

       Exports:

       $2.9 billion (1990)

       commodities: