If you lived in Croatia instead of Democratic Republic of the Congo, you would:

Health

live 15.4 years longer

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 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 3.6 times more likely to be obese

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 27.5 times more money

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a GDP per capita of $1,500 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 71.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, 63.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

be 33.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

Life

be 99.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 547.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 24.3% more likely to be literate

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, the literacy rate is 80.0% as of 2021. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 85.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 60.9 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 78.3% fewer children

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are approximately 39.2 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 4.7 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 22% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 3.5 times more likely to have internet access

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 23.2% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 68.4% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, approximately 59% of people have improved drinking water access (89% in urban areas, and 35% 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 2.0 times more on education

Democratic Republic of the Congo spends 2.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 90.2% more on healthcare

Democratic Republic of the Congo spends 4.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 157.7 times more coastline

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a total of 37 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.


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

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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