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

Health

live 9.0 years longer

In Ethiopia, the average life expectancy is 68 years (66 years for men, 70 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 5.4 times more likely to be obese

In Ethiopia, 4.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 11.5 times more money

Ethiopia has a GDP per capita of $2,300 as of 2020, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $26,500 as of 2020.

be 53.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Ethiopia, 17.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Croatia, that number is 8.1% as of 2019.

be 22.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Ethiopia, 23.5% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.3% as of 2018.

pay a 34.9% higher top tax rate

Ethiopia 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 98.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Ethiopia, approximately 401.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Croatia, 8.0 women do as of 2017.

be 91.7% more likely to be literate

In Ethiopia, the literacy rate is 51.8% as of 2017. In Croatia, it is 99.3% as of 2015.

be 73.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Ethiopia, approximately 33.5 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 71.6% fewer children

In Ethiopia, there are approximately 30.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Croatia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.1 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Ethiopia, approximately 47% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 3.2 times more likely to have internet access

In Ethiopia, approximately 24.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Croatia, about 78.0% do as of 2020.

be 30.9% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Ethiopia, approximately 76% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 70% 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 23.5% less on education

Ethiopia spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Croatia spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2017.

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Ethiopia spends 3.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Croatia, that number is 7.0% of GDP as of 2019.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Ethiopian Revenues and Customs 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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