Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Lithuania instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

live 3.9 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Lithuania, that number is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 79.1% more money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $25,800 as of 2023, while in Lithuania, the GDP per capita is $46,200 as of 2023.

be 16.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.0% as of 2023.

be 18.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Costa Rica, 25.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Lithuania, however, that number is 20.9% as of 2021.

Life

be 59.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Lithuania, 9.0 women do as of 2020.

be 56.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Lithuania, on the other hand, 3.6 children do as of 2022.

have 17.6% fewer children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Lithuania, there are 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 17.8% more likely to have internet access

In Costa Rica, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Lithuania, about 97.8% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 40.3% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Lithuania spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 93.0% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Lithuania, that number is 90 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Lithuania: At a glance

Lithuania is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,680 sq km. Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, through alliances and conquest, Lithuania extended its territory to include most of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two countries into a union through the person of a common ruler. In 1569, Lithuania and Poland formally united into a single dual state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until 1795 when its remnants were partitioned by surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence following World War I but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other countries. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. In January 2014, Lithuania assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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