1. ConflictsCroatia

   Croatia, war in Croatia: nine months on, births fell faster than a year before and than in countries without war

   Births 9–14 months after the start (August 1991) against the same months a year before: −11.5%; a year earlier −7.3%, countries without war −1.1%.

   Source: Monthly births: national offices, Eurostat, HFD STFF, UNdata; wars: UCDP/PRIO; Macroscope's calculationOpen on the chart →

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• Switzerland and Italy: 19% and 65% of adults read no book in a year; adult literacy scores 266 and 246
• Croatia: more deaths than births for over 30 years in a row
• Promises to pay families with children more: 6 of 10 came true on time
• Resettling refugees under the 2015 European deal: 2 countries of 12 took all they pledged
• Croatia: wind and sun have overtaken coal
• Croatia: 1.6 times as many people aged 65+ as children under 15

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