Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 20.8 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 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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be 57.2% less likely to be obese

In Nauru, 71.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 30.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 3.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Nauru spends $2,474 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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have 45.0% more access to essential health services

Nauru scores 60 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Australia scores 87 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 4.4 times more money

Nauru has a GDP per capita of $14,640 as of 2025, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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Life

be 99.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nauru, approximately 273.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Australia, 2.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 59.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Nauru, approximately 7.7 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 56.4% fewer children

In Nauru, there are approximately 24.6 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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Basic Needs

be 15.8% more likely to have internet access

In Nauru, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Australia, about 96.1% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 12.5% less on education

Nauru spends 5.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 42.9% less on healthcare

Nauru spends 18.2% 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 858.7 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Safety

be 43.8% less likely to die in a road accident

In Nauru, road accidents kill 8.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Australia, they kill 4.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 3.7 times more home broadband

Nauru has 10.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Compare further: Nauru vs. Australia

Size Comparison · See true size
Nauru is about 368,630 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from Nauru to Australia · OECD 2021
5 people moved from Nauru 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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