Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Australia instead of Italy, you would:
Health
be 45.7% more likely to be obese
In Italy, 19.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Australia, that number is 29.0% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 24.9% more money
Italy has a GDP per capita of $39,000 as of 2020, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $48,700 as of 2020.
be 47.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Italy, 9.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Australia, that number is 5.2% as of 2019.
Life
have 77.0% more children
In Italy, there are approximately 7.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Australia, there are 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 3.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Italy, approximately 2.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Australia, 6.0 women do as of 2017.
Basic Needs
be 28.6% more likely to have internet access
In Italy, approximately 70.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Australia, about 90.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 18.6% more on education
Italy spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 13.8% more on healthcare
Italy spends 8.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Australia, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 3.4 times more coastline
Italy has a total of 7,600 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Australia: At a glance
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