Quality of life comparison

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

Health

be 18.0% more likely to be obese

In Slovakia, 26.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Croatia, that number is 30.8% of people as of 2024.

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be 58.2% more likely to die by suicide

Slovakia has a suicide rate of 9.9 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Croatia, it is 15.7 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 48.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Slovakia, 13.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Croatia, however, that number is 20.3% as of 2024.

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Life

be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Slovakia, approximately 4.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Croatia, 3.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 22.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Slovakia, approximately 5.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Croatia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 12.2% less on education

Slovakia spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Croatia spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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Safety

be 40.2% less likely to be murdered

Slovakia has a homicide rate of 1.1 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Croatia, that number is 0.7 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 26.6% more likely to die in a road accident

In Slovakia, road accidents kill 6.4 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Croatia, they kill 8.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 37.9% less strain on fresh water

Slovakia withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Croatia withdraws 2% as of 2022.

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find 12.5% less home broadband

Slovakia has 33.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Croatia has 29.6 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 12.3% less CO2

Slovakia emits 5.5 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 (2021–2024), World Health Organization (2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). How we calculate this

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Moving from Slovakia to Croatia · UN DESA 2020
603 people born in Slovakia live in Croatia.
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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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