Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 14.8 years longer

In Mali, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 65 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 2.8 times more likely to be obese

In Mali, 8.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 16.5 times more money

Mali has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 59.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mali, 44.6% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

be 2.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Mali, 3.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

Life

be 98.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mali, approximately 440.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.8 times more likely to be literate

In Mali, the literacy rate is 35.5% as of 2018. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 85.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Mali, approximately 60.6 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 79.3% fewer children

In Mali, there are approximately 41.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Croatia, there are 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 88.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Mali, approximately 53% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 2.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Mali, approximately 34.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 15.7% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Mali, approximately 86% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 76% 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 25.0% more on education

Mali spends 4.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 81.4% more on healthcare

Mali spends 4.3% 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: 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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