Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Australia instead of Macau, you would:
Health
live 1.9 years less
In Macau, the average life expectancy is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022. In Australia, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 53.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Australia, that number is 3.7% as of 2022.
pay a 3.8 times higher top tax rate
Macau has a top tax rate of 12.0% as of 2016. In Australia, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 34.4% less 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 Australia, on the other hand, 3.0 children do as of 2022.
have 41.9% more children
In Macau, there are approximately 8.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Australia, there are 12.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Geography
see 628.3 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Australian Taxation Office, Secretariat for Economy and Finance.
Australia: At a glance
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