Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Lithuania instead of New Zealand, you would:

Health

be 14.6% less likely to be obese

In New Zealand, 30.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lithuania, that number is 26.3% of people as of 2016.

live 6.8 years less

In New Zealand, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 84 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 54.5% lower top tax rate

New Zealand has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Lithuania, the top tax rate is 15.0% as of 2016.

be 86.1% more likely to be unemployed

In New Zealand, 3.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.0% as of 2023.

Life

be 28.6% more likely to die during childbirth

In New Zealand, approximately 7.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Lithuania, 9.0 women do as of 2020.

have 29.4% fewer children

In New Zealand, there are approximately 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Lithuania, there are 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% less on education

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

spend 25.0% less on healthcare

New Zealand spends 10.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Lithuania, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.4% less coastline

New Zealand has a total of 15,134 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, New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.

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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