Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 99.1% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Namibia, 11.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 10.8 years longer

In Namibia, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 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 41.9% more likely to be obese

In Namibia, 17.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.6 times more money

Namibia has a GDP per capita of $11,500 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 68.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Namibia, 19.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 27.6% higher top tax rate

Namibia has a top tax rate of 37.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 97.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Namibia, approximately 215.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 70.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Namibia, approximately 29.4 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 65.0% fewer children

In Namibia, there are approximately 24.3 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 77.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Namibia, approximately 56% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 52.8% more likely to have internet access

In Namibia, approximately 53.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 42.7% less on education

Namibia spends 9.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 12.4% less on healthcare

Namibia spends 8.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

Namibia has a total of 1,572 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Department.

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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