Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Armenia instead of Macedonia, you would:
Economy
be 40.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Macedonia, 14.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Armenia, that number is 8.6% as of 2022.
be 21.6% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Macedonia, 21.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Armenia, however, that number is 26.5% as of 2021.
pay a 3.6 times higher top tax rate
Macedonia has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Armenia, the top tax rate is 36.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 9.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Macedonia, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Armenia, 27.0 women do as of 2020.
be 66.4% more likely to die during infancy
In Macedonia, approximately 7.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Armenia, on the other hand, 12.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 54.4% more on healthcare
Macedonia spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Armenia, that number is 12.2% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Public Revenue Office, Tax Service of Republic of Armenia.
Armenia: At a glance
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