Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Romania instead of Lithuania, you would:
Health
be 14.4% less likely to be obese
In Lithuania, 26.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Romania, that number is 22.5% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 63.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Lithuania, 8.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Romania, that number is 3.1% as of 2019.
make 21.5% less money
Lithuania has a GDP per capita of $36,700 as of 2020, while in Romania, the GDP per capita is $28,800 as of 2020.
be 15.5% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Lithuania, 20.6% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Romania, however, that number is 23.8% as of 2018.
Life
be 3.8 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Lithuania, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Romania, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
be 60.9% more likely to die during infancy
In Lithuania, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Romania, on the other hand, 5.8 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 20.2% less likely to have internet access
In Lithuania, approximately 97.8% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Romania, about 78.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 15.4% less on education
Lithuania spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Romania spends 3.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 18.6% less on healthcare
Lithuania spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Romania, that number is 5.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.5 times more coastline
Lithuania has a total of 90 km of coastline. In Romania, that number is 225 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Romania: At a glance
How big is Romania compared to Lithuania? See an in-depth size comparison.