Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 7.7 years longer

In Grenada, the average life expectancy is 75 years (73 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

View global rankings →

see 8.7 times more spent on your healthcare

Grenada spends $880 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

have 24.3% more access to essential health services

Grenada scores 70 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Australia scores 87 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

be 10.1 times more likely to die by suicide

Grenada has a suicide rate of 1.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Australia, it is 13.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Economy

be 46.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Grenada, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Australia, however, that number is 13.4% as of 2020.

View global rankings →

make 5.4 times more money

Grenada has a GDP per capita of $12,107 as of 2025, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

View global rankings →

Life

be 95.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Grenada, approximately 48.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Australia, 2.0 women do as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 81.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Grenada, approximately 16.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Australia, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Basic Needs

be 37.0% more likely to have internet access

In Grenada, approximately 70.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Australia, about 96.1% do as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Expenditures

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Grenada spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Australia, that number is 10.4% of GDP as of 2023.

View global rankings →

Geography

see 212.9 times more coastline

Grenada has a total of 121 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

View global rankings →

Safety

be 93.8% less likely to be murdered

Grenada has a homicide rate of 13.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Australia, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

View global rankings →

be 29.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Grenada, road accidents kill 6.4 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Australia, they kill 4.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

View global rankings →

Infrastructure

find 22.5% more home broadband

Grenada has 29.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

View global rankings →

live with 33.8% less strain on fresh water

Grenada withdraws 7% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Australia withdraws 5% as of 2022.

View global rankings →

Environment

be 66.7% less likely to die from air pollution

In Grenada, air pollution causes 30.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Australia, it causes 10.0 as of 2019.

View global rankings →

emit 9.4 times more CO2

Grenada emits 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Australia emits 14.1 tonnes as of 2024.

View global rankings →

Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2020). How we calculate this

Compare further: Grenada vs. Australia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 46.6% more expensive than Grenada overall
→
Size Comparison · See true size
Grenada is about 22,504 times smaller than Australia.
→
Moving from Grenada to Australia · OECD 2019
2 people moved from Grenada to Australia.
→

Australia: At a glance

Australia is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 7,682,300 sq km. Prehistoric settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia at least 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession of the east coast in the name of Great Britain (all of Australia was claimed as British territory in 1829 with the creation of the colony of Western Australia). Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the Allied effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its location in one of the fastest growing regions of the world economy. Long-term concerns include aging of the population, pressure on infrastructure, and environmental issues such as floods, droughts, and bushfires. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, making it particularly vulnerable to the challenges of climate change. Australia is home to 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world. In January 2013, Australia assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2013-14 term.
Read more

How big is Australia compared to Grenada? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

Ask the Elsewhere Community

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Australia or Grenada. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.