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

Health

be 99.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Swaziland, 26.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 17.5 years longer

In Swaziland, the average life expectancy is 60 years (58 years for men, 62 years for women) as of 2022. In Croatia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

be 47.9% more likely to be obese

In Swaziland, 16.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.2 times more money

Swaziland has a GDP per capita of $8,400 as of 2020, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $26,500 as of 2020.

be 71.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Swaziland, 28.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Croatia, that number is 8.1% as of 2019.

be 68.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Swaziland, 58.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Croatia, however, that number is 18.3% as of 2018.

pay a 43.0% higher top tax rate

Swaziland has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.

Life

be 98.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Swaziland, approximately 437.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Croatia, 8.0 women do as of 2017.

be 12.3% more likely to be literate

In Swaziland, the literacy rate is 88.4% as of 2018. In Croatia, it is 99.3% as of 2015.

be 77.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Swaziland, approximately 39.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Croatia, on the other hand, 8.7 children do as of 2022.

have 63.0% fewer children

In Swaziland, there are approximately 23.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Croatia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 11.1% more likely to have access to electricity

In Swaziland, approximately 90% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Croatia, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 66.0% more likely to have internet access

In Swaziland, approximately 47.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Croatia, about 78.0% do as of 2020.

be 24.5% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Swaziland, approximately 80% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 75% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 26.4% less on education

Swaziland spends 5.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Croatia spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2017.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Swaziland Revenue Authority, The World Factbook, Croatia Tax Administration.

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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