NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Data source
Surveys on internal and international migration of population of the Republic of
Croatia are carried out based on data collected by the Ministry of the Interior.
Coverage and comparability
International
migration statistics
since 2011 are processed
according to a new
methodology based on
the
UN Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration and the
Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11
July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.
The statistical
definition of international
migrant is based
on the concept of usual
residence. According to this concept,
immigrants from abroad and emigrants to foreign countries are persons who have
changed their country of usual residence for a period that is, or is expected to
be, of at least one year.
Data on migration encompass Croatian citizens and foreigners who have been
granted temporary or permanent stay in the Republic of Croatia.
According to the methodology that was used until 2010, the international
migration statistics included the citizens of the Republic of Croatia and
foreigners with the granted permanent stay in the Republic of Croatia who
registered or cancelled their place of permanent residence in the Republic of
Croatia.
Definitions and explanations
Migration
is the spatial movement of people.
A migrant is a person who changed a
place of residence (immigrant, emigrant).
Internal migration
of population is the change of a place of residence on the territory of the
Republic of Croatia.
International migration
of population is the change of a country of usual residence.
The internal migration statistics collects and processes data on
migration flows of population on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, that
is, the data on number and characteristics of persons who changed their place of
residence in a given calendar year.
The international migration statistics collects and processes data on
international migration flows, that is, the data on number and characteristics
of persons who changed their country of usual residence in a given calendar
year.
Net migration of population (migration balance) is the difference between the number
of immigrants and emigrants of a particular area or country in a given period of
time. The contribution of migration to overall population growth or decline is
due to positive or negative net migration (net migration is positive when the
number of immigrants exceeds the number of emigrants, or net migration is
negative when the opposite is true).
Total net migration
of population of the county is the difference between the total number of
immigrants from another county and abroad and the total number of emigrants to
another county and abroad.
Age of migrants
is presented as an age reached at the moment of migration. Each age group
includes persons who reached age within limits of an interval. For example, the
age group from 15 to 19 years includes all persons who have reached 15 years and
more, but have not yet turned 20.
Territorial constitution
Data on migration are presented by territorial constitution according to the Act
on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of
Croatia (NN, No. 86/06) with the situation as on the end of the reference year.
Abbreviations
NN
Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of
Croatia
UN United Nations
Symbols
-
no occurrence