Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 5.8 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Slovakia, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 67.0% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Slovakia spends $3,230 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 87.0% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Slovakia, the GDP per capita is $28,544 as of 2025.

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Life

be 30.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Slovakia, on the other hand, 5.3 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 28.7% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Slovakia, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2023.

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Safety

be 78.1% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Slovakia, that number is 1.1 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 32.4% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Slovakia has 33.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). 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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