Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Australia, you would:
Economy
be 12.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.
make 29.0% more money
Australia has a GDP per capita of $65,130 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 24.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
