Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 2.1 times more money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $64,400 as of 2023, while in Luxembourg, the GDP per capita is $132,400 as of 2023.

be 12.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Hong Kong, 19.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Luxembourg, however, that number is 17.4% as of 2021.

be 32.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 3.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Luxembourg, that number is 5.2% as of 2023.

pay a 2.9 times higher top tax rate

Hong Kong has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Luxembourg, the top tax rate is 43.6% as of 2016.

Life

have 52.6% more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 7.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Luxembourg, there are 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 27.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Luxembourg, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 25.0% more on education

Hong Kong spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Luxembourg spends 5.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Administration des Contributions Directes, The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Department, Hong Kong.

Luxembourg: At a glance

Luxembourg is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 2,586 sq km. Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839 but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both world wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area. In January 2013, Luxembourg assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term.
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