Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Ecuador instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
be 18.4% less likely to be obese
In Croatia, 24.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Ecuador, that number is 19.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 46.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 7.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Ecuador, that number is 3.8% as of 2022.
pay a 25.8% lower top tax rate
Croatia has a top tax rate of 47.2% as of 2016. In Ecuador, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
make 68.2% less money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $34,300 as of 2022, while in Ecuador, the GDP per capita is $10,900 as of 2022.
be 40.0% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Croatia, 18.0% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Ecuador, however, that number is 25.2% as of 2022.
Life
have 2.1 times more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Ecuador, there are 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 13.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Ecuador, 66.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy
In Croatia, approximately 8.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Ecuador, on the other hand, 18.1 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 32.7% less on education
Croatia spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Ecuador spends 3.7% of total GDP on education as of 2021.
Geography
see 61.7% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Ecuador, that number is 2,237 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Servicio de Rentas Internas del Ecuador.
Ecuador: At a glance
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