Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iceland instead of Australia, you would:
Health
be 24.5% less likely to be obese
In Australia, 29.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Iceland, that number is 21.9% of people as of 2016.
Life
be 45.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Australia, approximately 3.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Iceland, on the other hand, 1.6 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 10.3% less on healthcare
Australia spends 10.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Iceland, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2020.
spend 26.2% more on education
Australia spends 6.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Iceland spends 7.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
Geography
see 80.7% less coastline
Australia has a total of 25,760 km of coastline. In Iceland, that number is 4,970 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Iceland: At a glance
How big is Iceland compared to Australia? See an in-depth size comparison.