Venture capital investments in Croatia

Croatia: Venture capital investments was 0.0091 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.0091 Percentage of GDP
Change on year
down 47.2%
World rank
2nd
of 3 countries
All-time high
0.0613 Percentage of GDP
in 2021
All-time low
0 Percentage of GDP
in 2009
Years of data
19
2007–2025

Venture capital investments in Croatia, 2007–2025

00.020.040.062007201620252007: 0.017 Percentage of GDP2008: 0.009 Percentage of GDP2009: 0 Percentage of GDP2010: 0.001 Percentage of GDP2011: 0.026 Percentage of GDP2012: 0.021 Percentage of GDP2013: 0.014 Percentage of GDP2014: 0.002 Percentage of GDP2015: 0.002 Percentage of GDP2016: 0.009 Percentage of GDP2017: 0.005 Percentage of GDP2018: 0.002 Percentage of GDP2019: 0.007 Percentage of GDP2020: 0.023 Percentage of GDP2021: 0.061 Percentage of GDP2022: 0.022 Percentage of GDP2023: 0.006 Percentage of GDP2024: 0.017 Percentage of GDP2025: 0.009 Percentage of GDP

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.

Analysis

In 2025, venture capital investments in Croatia stood at 0.0091 Percentage of GDP.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.2% on the previous year and up 316.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Croatia peaked at 0.0613 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Venture capital investments in Croatia, year by year

Annual values for Venture capital investments (market statistics) in Croatia, 2007 to 2025.
Year Percentage of GDP Change
2007 0.0165 Percentage of GDP
2008 0.0086 Percentage of GDP -48.0%
2009 0 Percentage of GDP -100.0%
2010 0.0007 Percentage of GDP
2011 0.0255 Percentage of GDP +3696.0%
2012 0.0214 Percentage of GDP -16.2%
2013 0.0145 Percentage of GDP -32.3%
2014 0.0016 Percentage of GDP -89.2%
2015 0.0022 Percentage of GDP +39.4%
2016 0.0087 Percentage of GDP +299.3%
2017 0.0053 Percentage of GDP -39.2%
2018 0.0015 Percentage of GDP -71.0%
2019 0.0074 Percentage of GDP +379.8%
2020 0.0229 Percentage of GDP +211.6%
2021 0.0613 Percentage of GDP +167.7%
2022 0.0223 Percentage of GDP -63.6%
2023 0.0058 Percentage of GDP -74.3%
2024 0.0172 Percentage of GDP +198.6%
2025 0.0091 Percentage of GDP -47.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0084 Percentage of GDP 0 Percentage of GDP 0.0165 Percentage of GDP 3
2010s 0.0089 Percentage of GDP 0.0007 Percentage of GDP 0.0255 Percentage of GDP 10
2020s 0.0231 Percentage of GDP 0.0058 Percentage of GDP 0.0613 Percentage of GDP 6

Countries ranked near Croatia

  1. 1 Israel 1.81 Percentage of GDP compare
  2. 1 Estonia 0.3399 Percentage of GDP compare
  3. 2 United States of America 0.6244 Percentage of GDP compare
  4. 2 Netherlands 0.0998 Percentage of GDP compare
  5. 3 Lithuania 0.0651 Percentage of GDP compare
  6. 3 Sweden 0.2056 Percentage of GDP compare
  7. 4 Canada 0.1845 Percentage of GDP compare
  8. 4 Poland 0.0337 Percentage of GDP compare
  9. 5 Slovenia 0.0254 Percentage of GDP compare
  10. 5 Switzerland 0.167 Percentage of GDP compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is venture capital investments in Croatia?
Venture capital investments in Croatia was 0.0091 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Croatia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0613 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Croatia?
The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
How does Croatia rank for venture capital investments?
Croatia ranks 2nd out of 3 countries with data for 2025.
Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Croatia?
Over the last ten years it is up 316.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Croatia data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Venture capital investments (market statistics)
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
37 places, 692 data points, 2002–2025
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In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org