Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in China instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

Economy

make 63.0% less money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $37,507 as of 2024, while in China, the GDP per capita is $13,862 as of 2025.

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Life

be 36.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 3.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In China, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 35.8% fewer children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 10.5 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 32.2% more on education

Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. China spends 3.9% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 37.3 times more coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 km of coastline. In China, that number is 14,500 km.

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Safety

be 99.3% less likely to be murdered

Turks and Caicos Islands has a homicide rate of 76.3 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In China, that number is 0.5 per 100,000 as of 2020.

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Environment

emit 89.4% more CO2

Turks and Caicos Islands emits 4.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. China emits 9.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), The World Factbook. 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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