What every visitor should know about Croatia:

Money
The currency is the Croatian kuna (HRK). 1 HRK is worth about US$0.20, or €0.14.
Crime
CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)

Areas of concern:

  • Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
Capital
Zagreb
Tap water
Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.

Croatia facts and figures:

People

Population
4,489,409
Language
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German)
Ethnicity
Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, other 5.9% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Roma)

Economy

GDP
US$16,900 (per capita)
Income equality
Very high
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