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Macau
overall rank:
24
1998 rank:
11
country:
China (Portugal until Dec. 20, 1999)
population:
435,317
snapshot: Macau at a glance |
rank |
overall score |
51 |
24 |
average income US$ |
8,259.81 |
18 |
educational spending 1 |
584.79 |
5 |
ratio of house price to income 2 |
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hospital beds per 1000 people |
2.0 |
24 |
pollution 3 |
145 |
22 |
vehicles per km of road |
360 |
27 |
criminal cases per 10,000 |
197.0 |
33 |
TV sets per 1,000 people |
280 |
15 |
inflation |
-3.3 |
- |
GDP growth |
-4 |
40 |
unemployment rate |
6.50 |
25 |
average class size |
46.4 |
33 |
life expectancy |
76.6 |
9.0 |
commute time |
30 |
10 |
phones per 1,000 people |
583 |
8 |
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notes:
All monetary values are PPP adjusted
a estimates
b national figure
c officially, land cannot be bought or sold
1 state educational spending, per capita US$
2 average house price divided by average annual income
3 suspended particles, micrograms per cubic meter (µ/m3)
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