Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 14.4 years longer

In Eritrea, the average life expectancy is 69 years (67 years for men, 71 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 60.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Eritrea, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.

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Life

be 26.8% more likely to be literate

In Eritrea, the literacy rate is 76.6% as of 2018. In Macau, it is 97.1% as of 2021.

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be 81.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Eritrea, approximately 24.7 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 81.5% fewer children

In Eritrea, there are approximately 28.7 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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Basic Needs

be 83.8% more likely to have access to electricity

In Eritrea, approximately 54% of people have electricity access (77% in urban areas, and 37% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Macau, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 3.4 times more likely to have internet access

In Eritrea, approximately 26.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Macau, about 89.8% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 98.2% less coastline

Eritrea has a total of 2,234 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.

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Infrastructure

find 175.6 times more home broadband

Eritrea has 0.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Macau has 29.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 11.5 times more CO2

Eritrea emits 0.2 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 (2018–2022), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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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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