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In New Zealand, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women). In Australia, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women).
In New Zealand, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women). In Australia, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women).
New Zealand has a GDP per capita of $38,900, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $50,300.
In New Zealand, 4.9% of adults are unemployed. In Australia, that number is 5.6%.
New Zealand has a top tax rate of 33.0%. In Australia, the top tax rate is 45.0%.
In New Zealand, approximately 11.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor. In Australia, 6.0 women do.
New Zealand spends 6.3% of its total GDP on education. Australia spends 5.2% of total GDP on education.
New Zealand spends 11.0% of its total GDP on healthcare. In Australia, that number is 9.4% of GDP.
New Zealand has a total of 15,134 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.
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.
How big is Australia compared to New Zealand? See an in-depth size comparison.
The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Australian Taxation Office, New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.
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