Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 2.7 times more likely to be unemployed

In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Italy, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.

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make 42.9% less money

Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Italy, the GDP per capita is $43,309 as of 2025.

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Life

be 49.9% 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 Italy, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2024.

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have 18.9% more children

In Macau, there are approximately 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Italy, there are 6.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 16.3% more on education

Macau spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Italy spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 185.4 times more coastline

Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.

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Environment

emit 2.0 times more CO2

Macau emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Italy emits 5.1 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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Italy: At a glance

Italy is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 294,140 sq km. Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy is a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.
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