Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Macau, you would:
Economy
make 24.5% less money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $54,800 as of 2020, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $41,400 as of 2019.
be 18.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Japan, that number is 2.4% as of 2019.
pay a 4.7 times higher top tax rate
Macau has a top tax rate of 12.0% as of 2016. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 58.6% 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 Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
have 23.7% fewer children
In Macau, there are approximately 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Japan, there are 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Geography
see 725.6 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Secretariat for Economy and Finance, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
How big is Japan compared to Macau? See an in-depth size comparison.