Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Venezuela instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
live 3.9 years less
In Croatia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Venezuela, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 14.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Venezuela, that number is 6.9% as of 2018.
pay a 28.0% lower top tax rate
Croatia has a top tax rate of 47.2% as of 2016. In Venezuela, the top tax rate is 34.0% as of 2016.
make 70.9% less money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $26,500 as of 2020, while in Venezuela, the GDP per capita is $7,704 as of 2018.
be 80.9% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Croatia, 18.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Venezuela, however, that number is 33.1% as of 2015.
Life
have 99.7% more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Venezuela, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 15.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Croatia, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Venezuela, 125.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.0 times more 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 Venezuela, on the other hand, 17.7 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 66.7% less on education
Croatia spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Venezuela spends 1.3% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
spend 22.9% less on healthcare
Croatia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Venezuela, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 52.0% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Venezuela, that number is 2,800 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Ministerio del Poder Popular de Finanzas, SENIAT.
Venezuela: At a glance
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