Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 21.5 years longer

In Somalia, the average life expectancy is 56 years (53 years for men, 58 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 2.9 times more likely to be obese

In Somalia, 8.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 27.5 times more money

Somalia has a GDP per capita of $1,500 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 68.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Somalia, 19.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 66.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Somalia, 54.4% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

Life

be 99.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Somalia, approximately 621.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 89.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Somalia, approximately 86.5 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 77.3% fewer children

In Somalia, there are approximately 37.4 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 2.0 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Somalia, approximately 49% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 5.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Somalia, approximately 14.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 18.8% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Somalia, approximately 84% of people have improved drinking water access (96% in urban areas, and 74% 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 18.3 times more on education

Somalia spends 0.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 92.9% more coastline

Somalia has a total of 3,025 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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