This Economic Survey was prepared by Oliver Röhn, Federica De Pace, Daniel Nachtigall and Laura Smith, with contributions from Mina Dragicevic, under the supervision of Mame Fatou Diagne. Research assistance was provided by Corinne Chanteloup, administrative and editorial assistance by Robin Houng Lee, and communication assistance by Laura Fortin.
This Survey is published under the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD. The Committee discussed the draft Survey on 14 October 2025. The cut-off date for data used in the Survey is 16 January 2026.
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On 25 January 2022, the OECD Council decided to open accession discussions with Croatia. On 10 June 2022, the Council at Ministerial Level adopted the Roadmap for the Accession Process of Croatia [C/MIN(2022)23/FINAL], setting out the terms, conditions and process for the accession of Croatia.
In accordance with this Roadmap, OECD technical committees, composed of expert policy-makers from each of the 38 OECD Members, will conduct an in-depth assessments of Croatia’s legislation, policies and practices against OECD legal instruments and OECD best policies and practices covering multiple areas of government policy, including economic policy but also labour market and social policy, education, and health.
The overarching objective of the OECD accession process is to promote Croatia’s convergence with OECD standards, best policies and best practices, resulting in better outcomes for OECD Members as well as for Croatia and its citizens. Throughout the accession process, the OECD will work closely with Croatia to support the adoption of long-lasting reforms for this purpose.
Publication of this document, and the analysis and recommendations contained therein, do not prejudge in any way the results of the review of Croatia by the Economic Development Review Committee as part of its process of accession to the OECD.