{"id":2187,"date":"2026-07-15T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omniasolutions.hr\/digital-decade-2026-croatia-business-digitalisation\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:31:21","slug":"digital-decade-2026-croatia-business-digitalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omniasolutions.hr\/en\/digital-decade-2026-croatia-business-digitalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Decade 2026: 57% of Croatian SMEs have at least basic digital intensity, the EU average is 71% and the target is 90%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 17 June 2026 the European Commission published its fourth State of the Digital Decade report. For Croatia it shows a divided picture. Networks are above the EU average on fibre and 5G coverage, citizens are above average on basic digital skills, and businesses lag behind. Only 57.1% of Croatian small and medium-sized enterprises have at least a basic level of digital intensity, against 71.4% in the EU, which puts Croatia 23rd of 27 member states. Artificial intelligence is used by 15.2% of enterprises (EU 20.0%) and advanced cloud services by 43.3% (EU 46.7%). The 2030 targets are 33 percentage points away on digital intensity and 60 points away on artificial intelligence. At the same time, the EU and the state are offering new instruments in July 2026, above all HBOR\u2019s digital transition loan from the recovery plan at 2% for direct loans up to EUR 400,000 and the call for process innovation in S3 areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This analysis draws on the Commission\u2019s country report for Croatia, Eurostat\u2019s 2025 datasets on business digitalisation and data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics. It explains what the report measures, where Croatia stands on six indicators that matter for businesses, how it compares with other member states, how the use of artificial intelligence and cloud is changing, and which funding programmes businesses can use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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