Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 4.7 years less

In Gibraltar, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 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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Life

be 34.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Gibraltar, approximately 6.2 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 32.0% fewer children

In Gibraltar, there are approximately 12.2 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 11.4% less likely to have internet access

In Gibraltar, approximately 94.4% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Croatia, about 83.6% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 486.2 times more coastline

Gibraltar has a total of 12 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.

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Infrastructure

find 51.5% less home broadband

Gibraltar has 61.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Croatia has 29.6 as of 2024.

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use 10.6% less electricity

Gibraltar uses 5,017 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Croatia uses 4,484 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 70.1% less CO2

Gibraltar emits 16.1 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 (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2021–2022). 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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