Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Lithuania instead of Israel, you would:

Health

live 7.6 years less

In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 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

pay a 70.0% lower top tax rate

Israel has a top tax rate of 50.0% as of 2016. In Lithuania, the top tax rate is 15.0% as of 2016.

be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Israel, 3.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 3.0 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Lithuania, 9.0 women do as of 2020.

have 53.4% fewer children

In Israel, there are approximately 19.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Lithuania, there are 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 43.7% less on education

Israel spends 7.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Lithuania spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 67.0% less coastline

Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Lithuania, that number is 90 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, State Tax Inspectorate, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority.

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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