Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Lithuania instead of Poland, you would:

Health

live 3.0 years less

In Poland, the average life expectancy is 79 years (75 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022. In Lithuania, that number is 76 years (70 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

be 13.9% more likely to be obese

In Poland, 23.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lithuania, that number is 26.3% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 53.1% lower top tax rate

Poland has a top tax rate of 32.0% as of 2016. In Lithuania, the top tax rate is 15.0% as of 2016.

be 2.4 times more likely to be unemployed

In Poland, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.0% as of 2023.

be 77.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Poland, 11.8% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Lithuania, however, that number is 20.9% as of 2021.

Life

be 12.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Poland, approximately 4.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Lithuania, on the other hand, 3.6 children do as of 2022.

be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Poland, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Lithuania, 9.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 15.1% more likely to have internet access

In Poland, approximately 85.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Lithuania, about 97.8% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 23.1% less on education

Poland spends 5.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Lithuania spends 4.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 15.4% more on healthcare

Poland spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Lithuania, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 79.5% less coastline

Poland has a total of 440 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, Ministry of Finance, Poland.

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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