January 16 (SeeNews) - The financial assets of Croatian households totalled 81 billion euro ($87.6 billion) at the end of the third quarter of 2022, up 1.3% compared to the previous quarter, and higher by 3.9 billion euro compared to end-September 2021, the country's central bank said on Monday.
The financial liabilities of households reached 22 billion euro at the end of September 2022, up 0.9% compared to the end of June 2022, the central bank said in a quarterly report.
The financial net worth of households increased to 59 billion euro in the third quarter of last year, up by 1.4% from the end of the previous quarter, and 5.0% higher on the year, the central bank said. Thus, the net worth of this sector, showing a trend of accelerated growth since the second quarter of 2020, has increased again following its one-time decrease in the first quarter of 2022, the central bank commented.
There were 1.4 million households in Croatia in 2021, down from 1.5 million reported in the 2011 census, the statistical office said earlier. Croatia's population decreased to 3.89 million in 2021 from 4.2 million in 2011.
($ = 0.924 euro)