Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Croatia instead of United States, you would:

Health

be 32.6% less likely to be obese

In United States, 36.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

live 3.4 years less

In United States, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 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 43.9% less money

United States has a GDP per capita of $73,600 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 66.9% more likely to be unemployed

In United States, 3.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 19.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In United States, 15.1% live below the poverty line as of 2010. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

pay a 19.2% higher top tax rate

United States has a top tax rate of 39.6% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 76.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In United States, approximately 21.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 69.1% more likely to die during infancy

In United States, approximately 5.2 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 30.3% fewer children

In United States, there are approximately 12.2 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 12.0% less likely to have internet access

In United States, approximately 92.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 58.5% less on healthcare

United States spends 18.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 70.7% less coastline

United States has a total of 19,924 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, Internal Revenue Service.

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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