Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Macau instead of Singapore, you would:
Economy
be 16.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Singapore, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Macau, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
make 23.2% less money
Singapore has a GDP per capita of $98,814 as of 2025, while in Macau, the GDP per capita is $75,902 as of 2025.
Life
be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy
In Singapore, approximately 2.2 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.
have 28.4% fewer children
In Singapore, there are approximately 7.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Macau, there are 5.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 59.8% more on education
Singapore spends 2.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Macau spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.
Geography
see 78.8% less coastline
Singapore has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Macau, that number is 41 km.
Safety
be 8.0 times more likely to be murdered
Singapore has a homicide rate of 0.1 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Macau, that number is 0.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Environment
emit 74.1% less CO2
Singapore emits 9.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Macau emits 2.5 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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Macau: At a glance
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