Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

be 19.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Malta, 2.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.

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make 58.4% more money

Malta has a GDP per capita of $47,907 as of 2025, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.

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Life

have 31.2% fewer children

In Malta, there are approximately 7.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 25.7% less on education

Malta spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 79.2% less coastline

Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.

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Infrastructure

find 32.9% less home broadband

Malta has 44.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Macau has 29.9 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 20.4% less CO2

Malta emits 3.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Macau emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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

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Macau: At a glance

Macau is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 28 sq km. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the subsequent 50 years.
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