Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 7.2 years longer

In Turks and Caicos Islands, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 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

make 51.9% more money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $37,507 as of 2024, while in Hong Kong, the GDP per capita is $56,983 as of 2025.

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Life

be 15.0% less 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 Hong Kong, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.

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have 53.5% fewer children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 10.5 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 29.2% more on education

Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Hong Kong spends 3.8% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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Geography

see 88.4% more coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 km of coastline. In Hong Kong, that number is 733 km.

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Safety

be 99.5% less likely to be murdered

Turks and Caicos Islands has a homicide rate of 76.3 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Hong Kong, that number is 0.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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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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