Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Croatia instead of Afghanistan, you would:

Health

live 23.6 years longer

In Afghanistan, the average life expectancy is 54 years (52 years for men, 55 years for women) as of 2022. In Croatia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

be 4.4 times more likely to be obese

In Afghanistan, 5.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 20.6 times more money

Afghanistan has a GDP per capita of $2,000 as of 2022, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 57.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Afghanistan, 14.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 67.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Afghanistan, 54.5% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate

Afghanistan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 99.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Afghanistan, approximately 620.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.7 times more likely to be literate

In Afghanistan, the literacy rate is 37.3% as of 2021. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 91.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Afghanistan, approximately 104.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Croatia, on the other hand, 8.7 children do as of 2022.

have 75.1% fewer children

In Afghanistan, there are approximately 34.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Croatia, there are 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 17.2% more likely to have access to electricity

In Afghanistan, approximately 85% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 4.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Afghanistan, approximately 18.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 30.7% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Afghanistan, approximately 76% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 49.7% less on healthcare

Afghanistan spends 15.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

spend 89.7% more on education

Afghanistan spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Afghanistan Revenue Department.

Croatia: At a glance

Croatia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 55,974 sq km. The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in April 2009 and the EU in July 2013.
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