Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 9.1 years longer

In Laos, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 70 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 4.6 times more likely to be obese

In Laos, 5.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 4.3 times more money

Laos has a GDP per capita of $7,900 as of 2022, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $34,300 as of 2022.

be 82.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Laos, 3.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Croatia, that number is 7.0% as of 2022.

pay a 96.7% higher top tax rate

Laos has a top tax rate of 24.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 96.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Laos, approximately 126.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 14.1% more likely to be literate

In Laos, the literacy rate is 87.1% as of 2021. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 76.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Laos, approximately 37.8 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 57.1% fewer children

In Laos, there are approximately 19.8 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 30.6% more likely to have internet access

In Laos, approximately 62.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 12.6% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Laos, approximately 89% of people have improved drinking water access (97% in urban areas, and 84% 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 2.4 times more on education

Laos spends 2.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.9 times more on healthcare

Laos spends 2.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance.

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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