Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Singapore instead of Macau, you would:
Economy
make 30.2% more money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Singapore, the GDP per capita is $98,814 as of 2025.
be 20.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Singapore, that number is 2.8% as of 2025.
Life
be 52.1% 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 Singapore, on the other hand, 2.2 children do as of 2024.
have 39.6% more children
In Macau, there are approximately 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Singapore, there are 7.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 37.4% less on education
Macau spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Singapore spends 2.2% of total GDP on education as of 2024.
Geography
see 4.7 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Singapore, that number is 193 km.
Safety
be 87.5% less likely to be murdered
Macau has a homicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Singapore, that number is 0.1 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Environment
emit 3.9 times more CO2
Macau emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Singapore emits 9.8 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
Compare further: Macau vs. Singapore
Singapore: At a glance
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