Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Hong Kong instead of Monaco, you would:

Health

live 1.1 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 86 years (85 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2024. In Hong Kong, that number is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 80.2% less money

Monaco has a GDP per capita of $288,002 as of 2024, while in Hong Kong, the GDP per capita is $56,983 as of 2025.

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Life

be 15.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Monaco, approximately 2.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Hong Kong, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

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have 48.7% fewer children

In Monaco, there are approximately 9.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Hong Kong, there are 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.2 times more on education

Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Hong Kong spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 178.8 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Hong Kong, that number is 733 km.

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Infrastructure

find 27.7% less home broadband

Monaco has 55.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Hong Kong has 40.3 as of 2024.

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

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Hong Kong: At a glance

Hong Kong (sometimes abbreviated HK) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 1,073 sq km. Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the subsequent 50 years.
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