France versus Croatia: The battle of economies has already been won

French are happier, richer and live longer than Croats

France and Croatia face off at the World Cup final on Sunday, an unexpected match-up that pairs one of the European Union’s founding nations against the bloc’s newest member.

On the route to the final, France scored 10 goals, conceded four, and held their opponents scoreless in four games. Croatia are ahead on goals, scoring 12, but they let in five and only kept two clean sheets. As the soccer analysts parse those numbers, let’s see how the countries stack up in other ways.

It’s still undecided who’s better at football, but in terms of the economic outlook over the