Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Montenegro instead of Croatia, you would:
Economy
pay a 80.9% lower top tax rate
Croatia has a top tax rate of 47.2% as of 2016. In Montenegro, the top tax rate is 9.0% as of 2016.
make 30.9% less money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $26,500 as of 2020, while in Montenegro, the GDP per capita is $18,300 as of 2020.
be 96.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Montenegro, that number is 15.8% as of 2019.
be 33.9% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Croatia, 18.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Montenegro, however, that number is 24.5% as of 2018.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Montenegro, 6.0 women do as of 2017.
be 62.9% less 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 Montenegro, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.
have 29.4% more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Montenegro, there are 11.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 18.6% more on healthcare
Croatia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Montenegro, that number is 8.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 95.0% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Montenegro, that number is 294 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Department of Public Revenues, Montenegro.
Montenegro: At a glance
How big is Montenegro compared to Croatia? See an in-depth size comparison.