Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 11.5 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 81.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Dominican Republic, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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make 80.6% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in Dominican Republic, the GDP per capita is $11,059 as of 2025.

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Life

have 3.6 times more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominican Republic, there are 17.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 10.9 times more 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 Dominican Republic, on the other hand, 27.7 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 75.7% more coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Dominican Republic, that number is 1,288 km.

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Safety

be 28.7 times more likely to be murdered

Hong Kong has a homicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Dominican Republic, that number is 10.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 72.2% less home broadband

Hong Kong has 40.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Dominican Republic has 11.2 as of 2024.

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use 70.6% less electricity

Hong Kong uses 6,359 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Dominican Republic uses 1,867 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 35.0% less CO2

Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Dominican Republic emits 3.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Dominican Republic: At a glance

Dominican Republic is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 48,320 sq km. The Taino - indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of the Europeans - divided the island into five chiefdoms and territories. Christopher COLUMBUS explored and claimed the island on his first voyage in 1492; it became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821 but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. In 1861, the Dominicans voluntarily returned to the Spanish Empire, but two years later they launched a war that restored independence in 1865. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative rule followed, capped by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas TRUJILLO from 1930 to 1961. Juan BOSCH was elected president in 1962 but was deposed in a military coup in 1963. In 1965, the United States led an intervention in the midst of a civil war sparked by an uprising to restore BOSCH. In 1966, Joaquin BALAGUER defeated BOSCH in an election to become president. BALAGUER maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. Former President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (first term 1996-2000) won election to a new term in 2004 following a constitutional amendment allowing presidents to serve more than one term, and was later reelected to a second consecutive term. In 2012, Danilo MEDINA Sanchez was elected president.
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