Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 13.7 years longer

In Palau, the average life expectancy is 69 years (67 years for men, 72 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 24.5% less likely to be obese

In Palau, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Australia, that number is 30.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 4.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Palau spends $1,857 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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have 2.3 times more doctors per person

Palau has 18.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Australia has 40.9 as of 2022.

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have 33.8% more access to essential health services

Palau scores 65 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Australia scores 87 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 3.3 times more money

Palau has a GDP per capita of $19,532 as of 2025, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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Life

be 97.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Palau, approximately 89.0 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 83.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Palau, approximately 18.6 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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Basic Needs

be 14.5% more likely to have internet access

In Palau, approximately 83.9% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Australia, about 96.1% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 47.1% more on education

Palau spends 3.4% 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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Geography

see 17.0 times more coastline

Palau has a total of 1,519 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Safety

be 79.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Palau, road accidents kill 22.2 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 5.0 times more home broadband

Palau has 7.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 83.0% less CO2

Palau emits 82.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Australia emits 14.1 tonnes 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

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Size Comparison · See true size
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Moving from Palau to Australia · OECD 2018
3 people moved from Palau 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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