Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in China instead of Montserrat, you would:

Health

live 2.3 years longer

In Montserrat, the average life expectancy is 76 years (77 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In China, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 60.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Montserrat, approximately 10.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In China, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 43.1% fewer children

In Montserrat, there are approximately 11.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In China, there are 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 27.8% less on education

Montserrat spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. China spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 362.5 times more coastline

Montserrat has a total of 40 km of coastline. In China, that number is 14,500 km.

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Infrastructure

find 35.0% less home broadband

Montserrat has 72.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. China has 47.2 as of 2024.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2024), World Bank (2023–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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China: At a glance

China (sometimes abbreviated PRC) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 9,326,410 sq km. For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, MAO's successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight. Since the early 1990s, China has increased its global outreach and participation in international organizations.
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