Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years less

In Cyprus, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 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 11.9% more likely to be obese

In Cyprus, 21.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 18.4% less money

Cyprus has a GDP per capita of $50,600 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 29.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Cyprus, 13.9% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

pay a 34.9% higher top tax rate

Cyprus has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 92.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cyprus, approximately 68.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

have 16.7% fewer children

In Cyprus, there are approximately 10.2 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 11.0% less likely to have internet access

In Cyprus, approximately 91.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 9.0 times more coastline

Cyprus has a total of 648 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

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

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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