The COVID-19 health crisis has affected the whole world in a very short time frame, uniquely affecting people's lives and economic relations. No economic crisis so far has affected the valued world with such a decline in economic activity. This economic crisis has affected the economy of most countries, including the Republic of Croatia, so the state had to take a number of measures to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The work analyses certain segments of the Croatian economy affected by the current Covid-19 pandemic, based on three fundamental variables of the Croatian economy: gdp growth rate, unemployment rate and overnight stays. For the purpose of the analysis, scientific - professional literature and relevant Internet sources were studied with an inductive and analytical method. The description method describes the key concepts and components of this work. In order to transfer the collected information in a meaningful and proper way, the method of analysis and synthesis was used. The conclusion is explained by analyzing data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and using research by other authors on a given topic. The value of GDP before the onset of the pandemic, GDP is experiencing continuous growth, which is abruptly interrupted by the outbreak of the pandemic, followed by a sharp and pronounced decrease in 2020 by as much as 8%. The average number of unemployed in 2020 increased by 17.2% compared to 2019. After 2019 was one of the record years for tourist arrivals and overnight stays in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, there were 7.0 million arrivals and 40.8 million overnight stays of tourists in commercial accommodation, showing a 64.2% drop in arrivals and a 55.3% drop in overnight stays compared to 2019.