Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New York instead of Croatia, you would:

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be 12.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Croatia, 5.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New York, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.

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be 34.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Croatia, 20.3% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In New York, however, that number is 13.3% as of 2023.

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make 3.4 times more money

Croatia has a GDP per capita of $27,104 as of 2025, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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