Macao vs Sweden: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Macao
83.07 years
in 2023
Sweden
83.26 years
in 2023
Macao rank
22nd
Sweden rank
21st
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Macao
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 83.26 years against 83.07 years in Macao, a difference of 0.19 years.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.
Macao ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Macao averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macao | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.74 years | 72.29 years | 11.54 years | Sweden |
| 1960s | 66.2 years | 73.73 years | 7.54 years | Sweden |
| 1970s | 70.85 years | 75.02 years | 4.17 years | Sweden |
| 1980s | 74.52 years | 76.7 years | 2.18 years | Sweden |
| 1990s | 77.68 years | 78.63 years | 0.9572 years | Sweden |
| 2000s | 80.48 years | 80.52 years | 0.0396 years | Sweden |
| 2010s | 82.68 years | 82.17 years | 0.5098 years | Macao |
| 2020s | 83.4 years | 82.94 years | 0.4626 years | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy vs. gdp per capita, Macao or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 83.26 years against 83.07 years in Macao as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy vs. gdp per capita between Macao and Sweden?
- 0.19 years, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Macao and Sweden rank globally for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
- Macao ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 21st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.