Croatia vs Slovakia: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Croatia
78.58 years
in 2023
Slovakia
78.34 years
in 2023
Croatia rank
71st
Slovakia rank
72nd
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Croatia
- Slovakia
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 78.58 years against 78.34 years in Slovakia, a difference of 0.24 years.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovakia ahead.
Croatia ranks 71st and Slovakia ranks 72nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 6 and Slovakia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 62.27 years | 66.06 years | 3.79 years | Slovakia |
| 1960s | 67.97 years | 70.52 years | 2.54 years | Slovakia |
| 1970s | 70.52 years | 70.24 years | 0.2796 years | Croatia |
| 1980s | 71.41 years | 70.77 years | 0.6445 years | Croatia |
| 1990s | 72.48 years | 72.05 years | 0.4254 years | Croatia |
| 2000s | 75.24 years | 74.17 years | 1.08 years | Croatia |
| 2010s | 77.5 years | 76.71 years | 0.7938 years | Croatia |
| 2020s | 77.87 years | 76.71 years | 1.17 years | Croatia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Croatia or Slovakia?
- Croatia, at 78.58 years against 78.34 years in Slovakia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Croatia and Slovakia?
- 0.24 years, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Slovakia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Croatia and Slovakia rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Croatia ranks 71st and Slovakia ranks 72nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.