Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Canada instead of Iceland, you would:
Health
be 34.2% more likely to be obese
In Iceland, 21.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Canada, that number is 29.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
pay a 28.7% lower top tax rate
Iceland has a top tax rate of 46.3% as of 2016. In Canada, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.
make 11.9% less money
Iceland has a GDP per capita of $55,600 as of 2022, while in Canada, the GDP per capita is $49,000 as of 2022.
be 39.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Iceland, 3.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Canada, that number is 5.3% as of 2022.
Life
be 3.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Iceland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Canada, 11.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy
In Iceland, approximately 1.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Canada, on the other hand, 4.4 children do as of 2022.
have 19.3% fewer children
In Iceland, there are approximately 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Canada, there are 10.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 32.5% less on education
Iceland spends 7.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Canada spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 34.4% more on healthcare
Iceland spends 9.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Canada, that number is 12.9% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 40.7 times more coastline
Iceland has a total of 4,970 km of coastline. In Canada, that number is 202,080 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Canada Revenue Agency, Directorate of Internal Revenue.
Canada: At a glance
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