Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Australia instead of Malta, you would:
Economy
make 24.2% more money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $39,200 as of 2020, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $48,700 as of 2020.
be 6.6 times more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 0.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Australia, that number is 5.2% as of 2019.
pay a 28.6% higher top tax rate
Malta has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Australia, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 33.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Malta, approximately 4.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Australia, on the other hand, 3.0 children do as of 2022.
have 26.4% more children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Australia, there are 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 20.7% more on healthcare
Malta spends 8.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Australia, that number is 9.9% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 130.9 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Australian Taxation Office, Government of Malta - Inland Revenue.
Australia: At a glance
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