Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 15.3% less likely to be obese

In Croatia, 30.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Slovakia, that number is 26.1% of people as of 2024.

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be 36.8% less likely to die by suicide

Croatia has a suicide rate of 15.7 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Slovakia, it is 9.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 32.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Croatia, 20.3% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Slovakia, however, that number is 13.7% as of 2021.

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Life

be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Croatia, approximately 3.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Slovakia, 4.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 29.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Croatia, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Slovakia, on the other hand, 5.3 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 13.9% more on education

Croatia spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Slovakia spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Safety

be 21.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Croatia, road accidents kill 8.1 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Slovakia, they kill 6.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 67.2% more likely to be murdered

Croatia has a homicide rate of 0.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Slovakia, that number is 1.1 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 14.2% more home broadband

Croatia has 29.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Slovakia has 33.8 as of 2024.

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live with 60.9% more strain on fresh water

Croatia withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Slovakia withdraws 2% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 14.1% more CO2

Croatia emits 4.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Slovakia emits 5.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2024), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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Slovakia: At a glance

Slovakia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 48,105 sq km. Slovakia's roots can be traced to the 9th century state of Great Moravia. Subsequently, the Slovaks became part of the Hungarian Kingdom, where they remained for the next 1,000 years. Following the formation of the dual Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1867, language and education policies favoring the use of Hungarian (Magyarization) resulted in a strengthening of Slovak nationalism and a cultivation of cultural ties with the closely related Czechs, who were under Austrian rule. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I, the Slovaks joined the Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar period, Slovak nationalist leaders pushed for autonomy within Czechoslovakia, and in 1939 Slovakia became an independent state allied with Nazi Germany. Following World War II, Czechoslovakia was reconstituted and came under communist rule within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize communist rule and create "socialism with a human face," ushering in a period of repression known as "normalization." The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" swept the Communist Party from power at the end of 1989 and inaugurated a return to democratic rule and a market economy. On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a nonviolent "velvet divorce" into its two national components, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004 and the euro zone on 1 January 2009.
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