Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 12.0 years less

In Macau, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Moldova, that number is 71 years (67 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 36.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Moldova, that number is 1.5% as of 2025.

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make 88.6% less money

Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Moldova, the GDP per capita is $8,622 as of 2025.

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Life

have 99.8% more children

In Macau, there are approximately 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Moldova, there are 10.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.3 times more 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 Moldova, on the other hand, 15.1 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 13.9% less likely to have internet access

In Macau, approximately 89.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Moldova, about 77.4% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 87.4% more on education

Macau spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Moldova spends 6.6% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Safety

be 4.5 times more likely to be murdered

Macau has a homicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Moldova, that number is 2.5 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 35.2% more CO2

Macau emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Moldova emits 3.4 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Moldova: At a glance

Moldova is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 32,891 sq km. Part of Romania during the interwar period, Moldova was incorporated into the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although the country has been independent from the USSR since 1991, Russian forces have remained on Moldovan territory east of the Nistru River supporting the separatist region of Transnistria, composed of a Slavic majority population (mostly Ukrainians and Russians), but with a sizeable ethnic Moldovan minority. One of the poorest nations in Europe, Moldova became the first former Soviet state to elect a communist, Vladimir VORONIN, as its president in 2001. VORONIN served as Moldova's president until he resigned in September 2009, following the opposition's gain of a narrow majority in July parliamentary elections and the Communist Party's (PCRM) subsequent inability to attract the three-fifths of parliamentary votes required to elect a president and, by doing so, put into place a permanent government. Four Moldovan opposition parties formed a new coalition, the Alliance for European Integration (AEI), iterations of which have acted as Moldova's governing coalitions since. Moldova experienced significant political uncertainty between 2009 and early 2012, holding three general elections and numerous presidential ballots in parliament, all of which failed to secure a president. Following November 2010 parliamentary elections, a reconstituted AEI-coalition consisting of three of the four original AEI parties formed a government, and in March 2012 was finally able to elect an independent as president. As of late May 2013, the ruling coalition - comprised of two of the original AEI parties and a splinter group from a third - is called the Pro-European Coalition. In November 2013, the Moldovan Government initialed an Association Agreement with the European Union (EU), advancing the coalition's policy priority of EU integration.
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