If you lived in Lithuania instead of Australia, you would:

Health

be 30.3% less likely to be obese

In Australia, 30.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Lithuania, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2024.

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live 5.8 years less

In Australia, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In Lithuania, that number is 77 years (73 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 46.3% less spent on your healthcare

Australia spends $7,691 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Lithuania spends $4,127 as of 2024.

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have 13.8% less access to essential health services

Australia scores 87 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Lithuania scores 75 as of 2021.

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be 69.1% more likely to die by suicide

Australia has a suicide rate of 13.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Lithuania, it is 22.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 64.5% more likely to be unemployed

In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Lithuania, that number is 6.7% as of 2025.

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be 56.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Lithuania, however, that number is 20.9% as of 2021.

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make 49.4% less money

Australia has a GDP per capita of $65,130 as of 2025, while in Lithuania, the GDP per capita is $32,959 as of 2025.

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Life

be 4.0 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Australia, approximately 2.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Lithuania, 8.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 38.3% fewer children

In Australia, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Lithuania, there are 6.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 16.0% less on education

Australia spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Lithuania spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 26.9% less on healthcare

Australia spends 10.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2024.

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Geography

see 99.7% less coastline

Australia has a total of 25,760 km of coastline. In Lithuania, that number is 90 km.

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Safety

be 3.1 times more likely to be murdered

Australia has a homicide rate of 0.8 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 2.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 40.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Australia, road accidents kill 4.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Lithuania, they kill 6.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 53.5% less strain on fresh water

Australia withdraws 5% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Lithuania withdraws 2% as of 2022.

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find 23.7% less home broadband

Australia has 36.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Lithuania has 27.9 as of 2024.

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use 55.2% less electricity

Australia uses 9,801 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Lithuania uses 4,387 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 68.2% less CO2

Australia emits 14.1 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Lithuania emits 4.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 3.9 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Australia, air pollution causes 10.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Lithuania, it causes 39.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2020), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

Lithuania: At a glance

Lithuania is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,680 sq km. Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, through alliances and conquest, Lithuania extended its territory to include most of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two countries into a union through the person of a common ruler. In 1569, Lithuania and Poland formally united into a single dual state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until 1795 when its remnants were partitioned by surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence following World War I but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other countries. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. In January 2014, Lithuania assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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