Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 8.0 years longer

In Turkey, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 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

be 67.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Hong Kong, that number is 2.8% as of 2025.

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make 3.1 times more money

Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Hong Kong, the GDP per capita is $56,983 as of 2025.

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Life

be 68.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Turkey, approximately 8.0 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 55.5% fewer children

In Turkey, there are approximately 11.0 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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Expenditures

spend 22.9% more on education

Turkey spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Hong Kong spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 89.8% less coastline

Turkey has a total of 7,200 km of coastline. In Hong Kong, that number is 733 km.

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Safety

be 88.2% less likely to be murdered

Turkey has a homicide rate of 3.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Hong Kong, that number is 0.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 71.9% more home broadband

Turkey has 23.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Hong Kong has 40.3 as of 2024.

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use 70.4% more electricity

Turkey uses 3,731 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Hong Kong uses 6,359 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 14.5% less CO2

Turkey emits 5.4 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes 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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