Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Germany instead of Macau, you would:
Health
live 3.5 years less
In Macau, the average life expectancy is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022. In Germany, that number is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 30.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Germany, that number is 3.1% as of 2022.
pay a 4.0 times higher top tax rate
Macau has a top tax rate of 12.0% as of 2016. In Germany, the top tax rate is 47.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 30.5% 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 Germany, on the other hand, 3.2 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 25.4% less on education
Macau spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Germany spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 58.3 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), Secretariat for Economy and Finance.
Germany: At a glance
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