Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.4 years longer

In Nicaragua, the average life expectancy is 75 years (73 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022. In Croatia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 5.7 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $7,300 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 27.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Nicaragua, 24.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

be 26.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 57.3% higher top tax rate

Nicaragua has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 93.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nicaragua, approximately 78.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 20.3% more likely to be literate

In Nicaragua, the literacy rate is 82.6% as of 2015. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 54.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Nicaragua, approximately 19.1 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 48.2% fewer children

In Nicaragua, there are approximately 16.4 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 15.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Nicaragua, approximately 86% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 42.1% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 57.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 20.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nicaragua, approximately 83% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 63% 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 19.6% more on education

Nicaragua spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.4 times more coastline

Nicaragua has a total of 910 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: General Directorate of Revenues, The World Factbook, Croatia Tax Administration.

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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