Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Czech Republic instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 5.4 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024. In Czech Republic, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 37.0% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in Czech Republic, the GDP per capita is $35,917 as of 2025.

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Life

be 17.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Czech Republic, on the other hand, 2.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 57.1% more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Czech Republic, there are 7.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 12.9% more on education

Hong Kong spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Czech Republic spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Safety

be 2.0 times more likely to be murdered

Hong Kong has a homicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Czech Republic, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 55.0% more CO2

Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Czech Republic emits 7.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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

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Czech Republic: At a glance

Czech Republic is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 77,247 sq km. At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, having rejected a federal system, the new country's predominantly Czech leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the increasingly strident demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Slovaks, the Sudeten Germans, and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). On the eve of World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the territory that today comprises the Czech Republic and Slovakia became an independent state allied with Germany. After the war, a reunited but truncated Czechoslovakia (less Ruthenia) fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize communist rule and create "socialism with a human face," ushering in a period of repression known as "normalization." The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" swept the Communist Party from power at the end of 1989 and inaugurated a return to democratic rule and a market economy. On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a nonviolent "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
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