Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Maldives instead of Macau, you would:
Health
live 8.0 years less
In Macau, the average life expectancy is 85 years (82 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2022. In Maldives, that number is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 78.0% less money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $102,000 as of 2023, while in Maldives, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2023.
be 83.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Maldives, that number is 4.1% as of 2023.
Life
have 75.6% more children
In Macau, there are approximately 8.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Maldives, there are 15.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 5.6 times more 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 Maldives, on the other hand, 25.7 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 15.7 times more coastline
Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Maldives, that number is 644 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Maldives: At a glance
How big is Maldives compared to Macau? See an in-depth size comparison.