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

Health

be 96.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cameroon, 3.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 13.9 years longer

In Cameroon, the average life expectancy is 63 years (61 years for men, 65 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 2.1 times more likely to be obese

In Cameroon, 11.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 7.4 times more money

Cameroon has a GDP per capita of $3,600 as of 2020, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $26,500 as of 2020.

be 51.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Cameroon, 37.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.3% as of 2018.

be 87.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Cameroon, 4.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Croatia, that number is 8.1% as of 2019.

pay a 34.9% higher top tax rate

Cameroon 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 98.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cameroon, approximately 529.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Croatia, 8.0 women do as of 2017.

be 28.8% more likely to be literate

In Cameroon, the literacy rate is 77.1% as of 2018. In Croatia, it is 99.3% as of 2015.

be 82.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Cameroon, approximately 48.7 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 75.7% fewer children

In Cameroon, there are approximately 35.5 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 42.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Cameroon, approximately 70% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 2.1 times more likely to have internet access

In Cameroon, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Croatia, about 78.0% do as of 2020.

be 27.2% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cameroon, approximately 79% of people have improved drinking water access (95% in urban areas, and 56% 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 25.8% more on education

Cameroon spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Croatia spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2017.

spend 94.4% more on healthcare

Cameroon spends 3.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Croatia, that number is 7.0% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 14.5 times more coastline

Cameroon has a total of 402 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, Ministry of Finance.

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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