Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Dominica instead of Macau, you would:

Health

live 6.8 years less

In Macau, the average life expectancy is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 77.8% less money

Macau has a GDP per capita of $51,800 as of 2022, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $11,500 as of 2022.

be 9.5 times more likely to be unemployed

In Macau, 2.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Life

have 54.7% more children

In Macau, there are approximately 8.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Macau, approximately 4.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Dominica, on the other hand, 11.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 12.7% less on education

Macau spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 3.6 times more coastline

Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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