Perhaps, it’s difficult to argue that it’s better to live in a rich country than in a poor one. As of 2024 year data, the basic indicator of the economic development - GDP by purchasing power parity per capita - was:

● In Zimbabwe - 5,09 thousand dollars,

● In Czech Republic - 58,5 thousand dollars.

Thus, according to the gross production per one person, Czech Republic leaves Zimbabwe behind by %.

Where are the prices lower?     up↑

The average GDP gap per capita is narrowed down by the difference in cost of living. According to the statistics of the data base Numbeo, at the beginning of 2025 year, Zimbabwe is a cheaper country.

The price level in Zimbabwe for basic goods and services (including food, consumer goods, transport, mobile connection and utility bills) is on average % lower than in Czech Republic. In other words, at the current exchange rate 1000 dollars in Czech Republic will have the same purchasing power as dollars in Zimbabwe.

Where is the crime rate lower?     up↑

One can evaluate the general level of criminal situation with the help of “crime rate”. This indicator is calculated by the portal Numbeo, which specializes in rating scores of different life aspects in all the world regions and shows how safe it is to live in the country from a risk of becoming a victim of lawbreakers (the higher the crime rate is, the higher the risk is). As of 2025 year, the crime rate is:

● in Zimbabwe - 60.7;

● in Czech Republic - 26.5

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To estimate the population law-abidingness and law enforcement activity, let’s pay attention to the statics of premeditated murders and to the data about the number of Zimbabweans and Czechs, being imprisoned.

Yearly out of 100 thousand people, murders kill:

● in Zimbabwe - 6.65 people;

● in Czech Republic - 0.83 people

As of 2023 year, in prisons and criminal camps the number of inmates is:

● in Zimbabwe - 22 thousand, or 127 prisoners per 100,000 people;

● in Czech Republic - 19.3 thousand, or 177 prisoners per 100,000 people

Overall, they kill more often in Zimbabwe, one stays behind the bars more often in Czech Republic.

Where do people get sick less and live longer?     up↑

The life quality is greatly defined by how long the people live. According to the latest data, the life expectancy is:

According to the data of the World Health Organization (WHO), the spread of HIV-infections is:

● in Zimbabwe - 1300000 of the infected (7.80% of population)

● in Czech Republic - 3900 of the infected (0.04% of population)

The number of people infected by tuberculosis is:

● in Zimbabwe - 29000 people (199 per 100,000 people);

● in Czech Republic - 530 people (5 per 100,000 people)

The cancer situation is the following:

● in Zimbabwe per 100 000 people yearly one finds 200.4 new cases of the disease and registers 139.4 lethal cases;

● in Czech Republic per 100k people every year one fixes 292.6 of newly infected people and 106.2 lethal cases from cancer.

We should not judge about the quality of medicine only by the number of cancer cases, we should look at the ratio between the number of new cases and the number of cancer deaths (the lower it is, the higher the rate of the cured ones is; consequently, the better the health care system works). In the countries under consideration, we see the following ratio between the newly-infected and the dead:

● in Zimbabwe - ;

● in Czech Republic -

Where do people drink and smoke less?     up↑

It’s considered that It’s more comfortable to live in that country where people are less exposed to bad habits. The following WHO data show that the situation with the alcohol consumption (pure alcohol) runs as this:

● in Zimbabwe - 4.7 liters per every person older 15 years old (about 8 litres per every man and 1.6 litres per every woman);

● in Czech Republic - 14.5 liters per every person older 15 years old (about 22.3 litres per every man and 7 litres per every woman)

How noticeable are the differences in alcoholic beverages of the Zimbabweans and the Czechs?

● in Zimbabwe, in terms of pure alcohol, beer accounts for 23.7% % of consumption, wine accounts for 1.7% of consumption, strong drinks (vodka and cognac, etc.) account for 6.8% of consumption, other drinks (including home-made ones) - 67.7% of consumption;

● in Czech Republic beer accounts for 53.5% from the total amount of alcohol consumption, wine accounts for 20.5%, strong drinks - 26%

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Addiction to smoking in the countries under consideration is seen like that:

● in Zimbabwe there are 11,3 % of active smokers among the adults (21,4 % of adult males and 1,2 % of adult females smoke there);

● in Czech Republic 29,9 % of adult population smoke on a constant base (33,4 % of men and 26,5 % of women)

By unit tobacco consumption per capita the leader is Czech Republic - here on average every adult smokes 2428 cigarettes per year, against 123 cigarettes per capita in Zimbabwe.

Where do people have more reasons to be satisfied with their lives?     up↑

Perhaps, it’s very difficult to make up an indicator, with the help of which one can define how much the people of this or that country are satisfied by their lives. Nevertheless, there have been a couple of researches.

For example, the UN experts calculate a so-called "Rating of countries by the Happiness Index”, which helps to understand to what degree the states provide their citizens with the happy life. As of 2023 data, the happiest ones are Czechs, their happiness index is 6.845, meanwhile in Zimbabwe the happiness index is equal to 3.204.

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There is also an overall index, which is used by UNO - Human Development Index (HDI). This index considers various reasons why citizens feel comfortable. According to 2022 data, HDI in Zimbabwe is 0.593; in Czech Republic - 0.889.

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To indirectly evaluate how much the people are satisfied with their lives, one can consider the number of suicides. It comes logically that the better the lives of the people are arranged, the fewer reasons for the suicides there are. In the countries under consideration, per 100 000 people there are:

● in Zimbabwe - 23,6 suicides (37,8 among men and 13,5 among women) ;

● in Czech Republic - 9,5 suicides (15,4 among men and 3,8 among women)