Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
live 2.4 years longer
In Croatia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Cuba, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 67.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 2.6% as of 2017.
make 53.6% less money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $26,500 as of 2020, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 52.7% 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 Cuba, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2022.
have 16.9% more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Cuba, there are 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 4.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cuba, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
Expenditures
spend 3.3 times more on education
Croatia spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 61.4% more on healthcare
Croatia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 36.0% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Cuba, that number is 3,735 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cuba: At a glance
How big is Cuba compared to Croatia? See an in-depth size comparison.