Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Australia instead of Hong Kong, you would:

Health

live 2.3 years less

In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy is 85 years (83 years for men, 88 years for women) as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 14.3% more money

Hong Kong has a GDP per capita of $56,983 as of 2025, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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be 46.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Hong Kong, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Australia, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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Life

have 2.2 times more children

In Hong Kong, there are approximately 4.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Australia, there are 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 21.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Hong Kong, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Australia, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 32.8% more on education

Hong Kong spends 3.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2024. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 35.1 times more coastline

Hong Kong has a total of 733 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Safety

be 2.2 times more likely to be murdered

Hong Kong has a homicide rate of 0.4 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Australia, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

use 54.1% more electricity

Hong Kong uses 6,359 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Australia uses 9,801 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 3.1 times more CO2

Hong Kong emits 4.6 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Australia emits 14.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Moving from Hong Kong to Australia · UN DESA 2020
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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.
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