Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 99.1% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Zambia, 11.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 11.0 years longer

In Zambia, the average life expectancy is 66 years (65 years for men, 68 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 3.0 times more likely to be obese

In Zambia, 8.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 11.2 times more money

Zambia has a GDP per capita of $3,700 as of 2023, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $41,300 as of 2023.

be 70.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Zambia, 60.0% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.0% as of 2021.

pay a 34.9% higher top tax rate

Zambia has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 96.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Zambia, approximately 135.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Croatia, 5.0 women do as of 2020.

be 14.6% more likely to be literate

In Zambia, the literacy rate is 86.7% as of 2018. In Croatia, it is 99.4% as of 2021.

be 76.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Zambia, approximately 37.1 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 75.1% fewer children

In Zambia, there are approximately 34.1 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 2.1 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Zambia, approximately 48% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 3.9 times more likely to have internet access

In Zambia, approximately 21.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 81.0% do as of 2021.

be 39.7% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Zambia, approximately 72% of people have improved drinking water access (90% in urban areas, and 57% 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 48.6% more on education

Zambia spends 3.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Croatia spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 39.3% more on healthcare

Zambia spends 5.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Zambia Revenue Authority.

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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