Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Croatia instead of North Korea, you would:

Health

live 5.5 years longer

In North Korea, the average life expectancy is 72 years (68 years for men, 76 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 3.6 times more likely to be obese

In North Korea, 6.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 24.3 times more money

North Korea has a GDP per capita of $1,700 as of 2015, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 2.0 times more likely to be unemployed

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

Life

be 95.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In North Korea, approximately 107.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 60.6% less likely to die during infancy

In North Korea, approximately 22.2 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 35.6% fewer children

In North Korea, there are approximately 13.2 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 82.8% more likely to have access to electricity

In North Korea, approximately 55% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

Geography

see 2.3 times more coastline

North Korea has a total of 2,495 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

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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