Quality of life comparison

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

Health

see 90.7% more spent on your healthcare

Israel spends $4,033 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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be 37.6% more likely to be obese

In Israel, 22.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 30.6% of people as of 2024.

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be 3.0 times more likely to die by suicide

Israel has a suicide rate of 4.4 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Australia, it is 13.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 17.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Israel, 3.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Australia, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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Life

be 14.8% more likely to die during infancy

In Israel, approximately 2.7 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.

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have 42.5% fewer children

In Israel, there are approximately 18.6 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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Expenditures

spend 14.7% less on education

Israel spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 46.5% more on healthcare

Israel spends 7.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Australia, that number is 10.4% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 94.4 times more coastline

Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Safety

be 47.9% less likely to be murdered

Israel has a homicide rate of 1.6 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Australia, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 25.0% more home broadband

Israel has 29.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

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live with 96.5% less strain on fresh water

Israel withdraws 132% of its available fresh water each year as of 2021. Australia withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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use 36.4% more electricity

Israel uses 7,186 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Australia uses 9,801 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

be 33.3% less likely to die from air pollution

In Israel, air pollution causes 15.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Australia, it causes 10.0 as of 2019.

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emit 2.4 times more CO2

Israel emits 5.8 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 (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this

Compare further: Israel vs. Australia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 15.2% cheaper than Israel overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Israel is about 353 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from Israel to Australia · OECD 2023
217 people moved from Israel to Australia.
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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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