Croatia

Croatia - Türkiye

About Cooperation

Cooperation between Turkey and Croatia continues within the scope of EU Programmes.
Apart from this, initiatives to improve cooperation in science, technology and innovation between the two countries are continuing. Within this scope, researchers from both countries are expected to cooperate in carrying out joint research projects supported through periodically open calls.

Academic Cooperation Statistics

Industrial Cooperation Statistics

Within the framework of EUREKA/Eurostars programs, the collaboration is going on with Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments - HAMAG-BRICO and 1 joint project between Turkey and Croatia has been supported between 2010-2016.

Framework Programs Statistics

The collaboration between Turkey and Croatia continues within the scope of the EU Framework Programmes. Statistical data on the collaboration of the two countries since the beginning of the programmes is provided below:

	Total in Framework Programs
Joint Project(s)	99	Project(s)
Turkey Budget	12	Million Euro
Croatia Budget	10	Million Euro

Capital

Zagreb

Ankara

Biggest City

Zagreb

Istanbul

Language(s)

Croatian

Turkish, Turkish

The Most Popular Religion(s)

Christianity

Islam (89.5%)

Regime

Republic

Democracy

President

Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Area (km²)

56,594

783,356

Population (Million)

83,614,362

Currency

Kuna

Turkish lira (₺) (TRY)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Billion $)¹

68,8912021

817,5082021

World Economy Ranking¹

77,0002021

19,0002021

GDP per Capita ($)¹

17.759,9162021

9.654,0852021

Foreign Trade Volume (Billion $)²

28.323.093,6902018

202.817.845,0002018

Foreign Trade Volume Ranking²

70,0002018

26,0002018

Share of High Tech Production in Export (%)³

8,3042019

3,0442019

IMF
ITC Trade Map
World Bank

Total R&D Expenditure (Billion $) ¹

0,000

24.827,0092019

R&D Expenditure (%) ¹

0,000

1,2722019

Private Sector R&D Share (%) ¹

42,5762017

49,4482017

Number of Full-Time Researchers ¹

7.985,0002018

111.893,0002017

Number of Full-Time R&D Staff ¹

13.029,0002018

153.552,0002017

Field-Weighted Citation Impact ²

0,890

0,870

Citation per Publication ²

5,300

5,400

Publications by Topics (%) ²

Medicine	17.6
Engineering	10.1
Social Sciences	8.5
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	6.8
Physics and Astronomy	6.7
Computer Science	5.8
Arts and Humanities	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.6
Chemistry	4.6
Other	28.6

Medical Sciences	22.5
Engineering	10.7
Physics and Astronomy	6.4
Computer	5.8
Material	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.2
Social Sciences	5.2
Agriculture	4.8
Mathematics	4.4

Publications in Top Journals (%) ²

17,000

14,000

Academy-Private Sector Cooperation in Publications (%) ²

1,700

1,500

Patent Applications ³

211,0002019

8,0002019

Publications with International Co-Authors (%) ¹

37,100

22,000

UNESCO
SciVal® database, Elsevier B.V., http://www.scival.com (downloaded: February 2020)
WIPO (2020)

2014 - 2019

Co-Authored Publications¹

1,266

Field-Weighted Citation Impact ¹

Croatia

Joint Publications

Türkiye 0.87

Joint Publications by Subject (%) ¹

Medicine	17.6
Engineering	10.1
Social Sciences	8.5
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	6.8
Physics and Astronomy	6.7
Computer Science	5.8
Arts and Humanities	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.6
Chemistry	4.6
Other	28.6

Medical Sciences	22.5
Engineering	10.7
Physics and Astronomy	6.4
Computer	5.8
Material	5.7
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	5.2
Social Sciences	5.2
Agriculture	4.8
Mathematics	4.4

SciVal® database, Elsevier B.V., http://www.scival.com (downloaded: February 2020)

Total Exports (Billion $)¹

16,000 (2019)

Total Exports to Turkey (Billion $)¹

209,000 (2019)

Total Imports (Billion $)¹

25,000 (2019)

Total Imports by Turkey (Billion $)¹

85,000 (2019)

ITC Trade Map