Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Macau instead of Israel, you would:
Economy
be 32.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 3.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
make 25.8% more money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $60,337 as of 2025, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.
Life
be 70.0% more likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 2.7 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.
have 71.5% fewer children
In Israel, there are approximately 18.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 41.0% less on education
Israel spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
Geography
see 85.0% less coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.
Safety
be 65.6% less likely to be murdered
Israel has a homicide rate of 1.6 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Macau, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Environment
emit 56.2% less CO2
Israel emits 5.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Macau emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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