Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Trinidad and Tobago instead of Macau, you would:
Health
live 9.7 years less
In Macau, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024. In Trinidad and Tobago, that number is 74 years (71 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2024.
Economy
be 41.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Trinidad and Tobago, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
make 75.0% less money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Trinidad and Tobago, the GDP per capita is $18,967 as of 2025.
Life
have 98.9% more children
In Macau, there are approximately 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Trinidad and Tobago, there are 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 3.7 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 Trinidad and Tobago, on the other hand, 17.0 children do as of 2024.
Geography
see 8.8 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Trinidad and Tobago, that number is 362 km.
Safety
be 72.2 times more likely to be murdered
Macau has a homicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Trinidad and Tobago, that number is 40.4 per 100,000 as of 2022.
Environment
emit 7.7 times more CO2
Macau emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Trinidad and Tobago emits 19.6 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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