Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.4 years less

In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 86 years (85 years for men, 89 years for women) as of 2024. In Sweden, that number is 84 years (83 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 20.7% less spent on your healthcare

Monaco spends $9,797 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Sweden spends $7,770 as of 2024.

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have 48.8% fewer doctors per person

Monaco has 86.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2020. Sweden has 44.1 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 78.1% less money

Monaco has a GDP per capita of $288,002 as of 2024, while in Sweden, the GDP per capita is $63,133 as of 2025.

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Life

be 20.0% less 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 Sweden, 4.0 women do as of 2023.

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Expenditures

spend 4.2 times more on education

Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Sweden spends 7.3% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 3.6 times more on healthcare

Monaco spends 3.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Sweden, that number is 11.2% of GDP as of 2024.

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Geography

see 784.9 times more coastline

Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Sweden, that number is 3,218 km.

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Infrastructure

find 27.0% less home broadband

Monaco has 55.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Sweden has 40.6 as of 2024.

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

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Sweden is 64.9% cheaper than Monaco overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Monaco is about 225,148 times smaller than Sweden.
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Moving from Monaco to Sweden · OECD 2018
1 people moved from Monaco to Sweden.
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Sweden: At a glance

Sweden is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 410,335 sq km. A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war for almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both world wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system intermixed with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 and 2009 by the global economic downturns, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries. Sweden joined the EU in 1995, but the public rejected the introduction of the euro in a 2003 referendum.
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