Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Macau instead of Australia, you would:
Economy
be 42.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
make 16.5% more money
Australia has a GDP per capita of $65,130 as of 2025, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.
Life
be 48.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Australia, approximately 3.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Macau, on the other hand, 4.6 children do as of 2022.
have 50.5% fewer children
In Australia, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 30.8% less on education
Australia spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
Geography
see 99.8% less coastline
Australia has a total of 25,760 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.
Safety
be 34.1% less likely to be murdered
Australia has a homicide rate of 0.8 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Macau, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Infrastructure
find 18.1% less home broadband
Australia has 36.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Macau has 29.9 as of 2024.
Environment
emit 82.1% less CO2
Australia emits 14.1 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Macau emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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