Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Greece instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
live 4.3 years longer
In Croatia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Greece, that number is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 17.3% as of 2019.
Life
be 62.5% less likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Greece, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
be 59.4% 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 Greece, on the other hand, 3.5 children do as of 2022.
have 12.0% fewer children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Greece, there are 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 11.4% more on healthcare
Croatia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Greece, that number is 7.8% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.3 times more coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Greece, that number is 13,676 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Greece: At a glance
How big is Greece compared to Croatia? See an in-depth size comparison.