Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.8 years less

In South Korea, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 86 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 5.2 times more likely to be obese

In South Korea, 4.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 18.4% less money

South Korea has a GDP per capita of $50,600 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed

In South Korea, 2.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 25.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In South Korea, 14.4% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

pay a 24.2% higher top tax rate

South Korea has a top tax rate of 38.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 37.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In South Korea, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

have 22.8% more children

In South Korea, there are approximately 6.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Croatia, there are 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.0 times more likely to die during infancy

In South Korea, approximately 2.9 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.

Basic Needs

be 17.3% less likely to have internet access

In South Korea, approximately 98.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 17.0% more on education

South Korea spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

South Korea has a total of 2,413 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, National Tax Service, South Korea.

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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