Quality of life comparison
If you lived in China instead of Macedonia, you would:
Health
be 72.3% less likely to be obese
In Macedonia, 22.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In China, that number is 6.2% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 64.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Macedonia, 13.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In China, that number is 4.7% as of 2023.
pay a 4.5 times higher top tax rate
Macedonia has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In China, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 7.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Macedonia, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In China, 23.0 women do as of 2020.
Basic Needs
be 12.0% less likely to have internet access
In Macedonia, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In China, about 73.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 29.1% less on healthcare
Macedonia spends 7.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In China, that number is 5.6% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Public Revenue Office, State Administration of Taxation.
China: At a glance
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