Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Croatia instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Health

live 4.1 years less

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In Croatia, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 63.5% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $74,175 as of 2024, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $27,104 as of 2025.

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Life

be 31.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Faroe Islands, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Croatia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 23.1% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Croatia, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 14.3% less likely to have internet access

In Faroe Islands, approximately 97.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 83.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 46.2% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Croatia spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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Geography

see 5.2 times more coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

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Infrastructure

find 14.4% less home broadband

Faroe Islands has 34.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Croatia has 29.6 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 120.8 times more CO2

Faroe Islands emits 0.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Croatia emits 4.8 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2019–2022). How we calculate this

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Croatia: At a glance

Croatia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 55,974 sq km. The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in April 2009 and the EU in July 2013.
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