what is the currency in croatia 2012?
Croatian kuna
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 With all but two of the remaining EU members obliged to join , together with future members of the EU , the enlargement of the eurozone is set to continue . Outside the EU , the euro is also the sole currency of Montenegro and Kosovo and several European microstates ( Andorra , Monaco , San Marino and the Vatican City ) as well as in four overseas territories of EU members that are not themselves part of the EU ( Saint Barthélemy , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and Akrotiri and Dhekelia ) . Together this direct usage of the euro outside the EU affects nearly 3 million people . 

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 Between 19 – 23 December , several other European countries , beginning with Germany and the Vatican City , followed by Sweden and Italy , announced their recognition of Croatia 's ( and Slovenia 's ) independence . The European Union as a whole recognized the independence of the two republics on 15 January 1992 . 

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 A unitary state , Croatia is a republic governed under a parliamentary system . The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy , and the World Bank identified it as a high @-@ income economy . Croatia is a member of the European Union ( EU ) , United Nations ( UN ) , the Council of Europe , NATO , the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean . As an active participant in the UN peacekeeping forces , Croatia has contributed troops to the NATO @-@ led mission in Afghanistan and took a non @-@ permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2008 – 2009 term . 

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 Croatia ranked around the 40th in the world in life expectancy with 74 years for men and 81 years for women , and it had a low infant mortality rate of 5 per 1 @,@ 000 live births . 

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 Croatia first elected 12 members of the European Parliament ( MEPs ) in a by @-@ election held after its accession to the EU in 2013 . Thereafter , its number of members in the European Parliament was reduced to 11 and the country elected them as part of the regular election in 2014 . The elections are regulated by special legislation enacted by the Sabor . Provisions of the legislation are very similar to the parliamentary @-@ election legislation , with the main difference being that the 11 members of the European Parliament are elected in a single constituency encompassing all of Croatia , instead of multiple constituencies used in the parliamentary elections . 
