If you lived in Macau instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

live 2.5 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Macau, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 26.8% more money

San Marino has a GDP per capita of $59,871 as of 2023, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.

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Life

have 26.2% more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 4.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 1.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Macau, on the other hand, 4.6 children do as of 2022.

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Expenditures

spend 20.7% more on education

San Marino spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 16.6% less home broadband

San Marino has 35.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Macau has 29.9 as of 2024.

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

Macau: At a glance

Macau is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 28 sq km. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a "high degree of autonomy" in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the subsequent 50 years.
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