Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.1 years less

In Macau, the average life expectancy is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022. In Estonia, that number is 78 years (73 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 35.0% less money

Macau has a GDP per capita of $54,800 as of 2020, while in Estonia, the GDP per capita is $35,600 as of 2020.

be 2.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Macau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Estonia, that number is 4.9% as of 2019.

pay a 66.7% higher top tax rate

Macau has a top tax rate of 12.0% as of 2016. In Estonia, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 25.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Macau, approximately 4.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Estonia, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 67.7% more on education

Macau spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Estonia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 92.5 times more coastline

Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Estonia, that number is 3,794 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Estonian Tax and Customs Board, The World Factbook, Secretariat for Economy and Finance.

Estonia: At a glance

Estonia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 42,388 sq km. After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US - it regained its freedom in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops left in 1994, Estonia has been free to promote economic and political ties with the West. It joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004, formally joined the OECD in late 2010, and adopted the euro as its official currency on 1 January 2011.
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