Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Japan instead of Macau, you would:
Economy
make 54.6% less money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $102,000 as of 2023, while in Japan, the GDP per capita is $46,300 as of 2023.
be 14.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Japan, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.
pay a 4.7 times higher top tax rate
Macau has a top tax rate of 12.0% as of 2016. In Japan, the top tax rate is 56.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 58.6% 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 Japan, on the other hand, 1.9 children do as of 2022.
have 19.8% fewer children
In Macau, there are approximately 8.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Japan, there are 6.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 46.0% less on education
Macau spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Japan spends 3.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 725.6 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Japan, that number is 29,751 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Secretariat for Economy and Finance, National Tax Agency Japan.
Japan: At a glance
How big is Japan compared to Macau? See an in-depth size comparison.