Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 1.2 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 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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see 21.5% less spent on your healthcare

Liechtenstein spends $9,795 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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Economy

make 70.4% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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Life

be 23.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 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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have 27.4% more children

In Liechtenstein, there are approximately 8.4 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 82.1% more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% 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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Safety

be 83.4% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Australia, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 27.1% less home broadband

Liechtenstein has 50.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Liechtenstein vs. Australia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 17.8% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Liechtenstein is about 48,383 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Australia · UN DESA 2020
20 people born in Liechtenstein live in 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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