Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 23.1 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 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 3.9 times more money

Nauru has a GDP per capita of $14,640 as of 2025, while in Hong Kong, the GDP per capita is $56,983 as of 2025.

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Life

be 66.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Nauru, approximately 7.7 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 80.0% fewer children

In Nauru, there are approximately 24.6 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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Basic Needs

be 15.4% more likely to have internet access

In Nauru, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Hong Kong, about 95.8% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 34.1% less on education

Nauru spends 5.8% 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 24.4 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 km of coastline. In Hong Kong, that number is 733 km.

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Infrastructure

find 4.0 times more home broadband

Nauru has 10.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Hong Kong has 40.3 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), 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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