Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 11.4% more likely to be obese

In Latvia, 23.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lithuania, that number is 26.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 22.2% more money

Latvia has a GDP per capita of $37,800 as of 2023, while in Lithuania, the GDP per capita is $46,200 as of 2023.

pay a 34.8% lower top tax rate

Latvia has a top tax rate of 23.0% as of 2016. In Lithuania, the top tax rate is 15.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Latvia, approximately 18.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Lithuania, 9.0 women do as of 2020.

be 25.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Latvia, approximately 4.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Lithuania, on the other hand, 3.6 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% less on education

Latvia spends 6.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Lithuania spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 81.9% less coastline

Latvia has a total of 498 km of coastline. In Lithuania, that number is 90 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: State Revenue Service, Latvia, The World Factbook, State Tax Inspectorate.

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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