If you lived in Macau instead of Chile, you would:

Health

live 2.0 years longer

In Chile, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024. In Macau, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 73.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Chile, 9.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.

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make 4.2 times more money

Chile has a GDP per capita of $17,995 as of 2025, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.

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Life

be 20.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Chile, approximately 5.8 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.

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have 39.2% fewer children

In Chile, there are approximately 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 28.7% less on education

Chile spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 99.4% less coastline

Chile has a total of 6,435 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.

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Safety

be 91.2% less likely to be murdered

Chile has a homicide rate of 6.3 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Macau, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 25.8% more home broadband

Chile has 23.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Macau has 29.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 35.8% less CO2

Chile emits 3.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Macau emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Macau: At a glance

Macau is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 28 sq km. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the subsequent 50 years.
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