Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Russia instead of Monaco, you would:

Health

live 13.1 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 86 years (85 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2024. In Russia, that number is 73 years (68 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 67.3% less spent on your healthcare

Monaco spends $9,797 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Russia spends $3,204 as of 2023.

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have 40.6% fewer doctors per person

Monaco has 86.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Russia has 51.1 as of 2022.

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Economy

make 93.9% less money

Monaco has a GDP per capita of $288,002 as of 2024, while in Russia, the GDP per capita is $17,547 as of 2025.

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Life

be 80.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Monaco, approximately 5.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Russia, 9.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 86.4% 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 Russia, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 12.1% fewer children

In Monaco, there are approximately 9.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Russia, there are 8.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.4 times more on education

Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Russia spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 2.3 times more on healthcare

Monaco spends 3.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Russia, that number is 7.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 9183.7 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Russia, that number is 37,653 km.

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Infrastructure

find 51.3% less home broadband

Monaco has 55.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Russia has 27.1 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Moving from Monaco to Russia · UN DESA 2020
43 people born in Monaco live in Russia.
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Russia: At a glance

Russia is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 16,377,742 sq km. Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Iosif STALIN (1928-53) strengthened communist rule and Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into Russia and 14 other independent republics. Since then, Russia has shifted its post-Soviet democratic ambitions in favor of a centralized semi-authoritarian state in which the leadership seeks to legitimize its rule through managed national elections, populist appeals by President PUTIN, and continued economic growth. Russia has severely disabled a Chechen rebel movement, although violence still occurs throughout the North Caucasus.
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