Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maldives instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
be 64.8% less likely to be obese
In Croatia, 24.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Maldives, that number is 8.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 64.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Maldives, that number is 2.9% as of 2017.
be 55.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Croatia, 18.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Maldives, however, that number is 8.2% as of 2016.
make 50.9% less money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $26,500 as of 2020, while in Maldives, the GDP per capita is $13,000 as of 2020.
Life
have 79.7% more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Maldives, there are 15.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 6.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Maldives, 53.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.9 times more likely to die during infancy
In Croatia, approximately 8.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Maldives, on the other hand, 25.7 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 19.2% less likely to have internet access
In Croatia, approximately 78.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Maldives, about 63.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 14.3% more on healthcare
Croatia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Maldives, that number is 8.0% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 89.0% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Maldives, that number is 644 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Maldives: At a glance
How big is Maldives compared to Croatia? See an in-depth size comparison.