Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Croatia, you would:
Economy
be 42.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Croatia, 20.3% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.
make 3.1 times more money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $27,104 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 10.7% more likely to have internet access
In Croatia, approximately 83.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
