Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Turkey instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 8.0 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024. In Turkey, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Turkey, that number is 8.5% as of 2025.

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make 67.4% less money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in Turkey, the GDP per capita is $18,599 as of 2025.

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Life

have 2.2 times more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Turkey, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.1 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 Turkey, on the other hand, 8.0 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 18.6% less on education

Hong Kong spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Turkey spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 9.8 times more coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Turkey, that number is 7,200 km.

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Safety

be 8.5 times more likely to be murdered

Hong Kong has a homicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Turkey, that number is 3.2 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 41.8% less home broadband

Hong Kong has 40.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Turkey has 23.4 as of 2024.

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use 41.3% less electricity

Hong Kong uses 6,359 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Turkey uses 3,731 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 17.0% more CO2

Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Turkey emits 5.4 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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Moving from Hong Kong to Turkey · UN DESA 2020
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Turkey: At a glance

Turkey is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 769,632 sq km. Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk or "Father of the Turks." Under his leadership, the country adopted wide-ranging social, legal, and political reforms. After a period of one-party rule, an experiment with multi-party politics led to the 1950 election victory of the opposition Democratic Party and the peaceful transfer of power. Since then, Turkish political parties have multiplied, but democracy has been fractured by periods of instability and intermittent military coups (1960, 1971, 1980), which in each case eventually resulted in a return of political power to civilians. In 1997, the military again helped engineer the ouster - popularly dubbed a "post-modern coup" - of the then Islamic-oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which only Turkey recognizes. A separatist insurgency begun in 1984 by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - now known as the Kurdistan People's Congress or Kongra-Gel (KGK) - has dominated the Turkish military's attention and claimed more than 30,000 lives. After the capture of the group's leader in 1999, the insurgents largely withdrew from Turkey mainly to northern Iraq. In 2013, KGK and the Turkish Government agreed to a ceasefire that continues despite slow progress in ongoing peace talks. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community. Over the past decade, it has undertaken many reforms to strengthen its democracy and economy; it began accession membership talks with the European Union in 2005.
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