Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Australia instead of San Marino, you would:

Health

see 47.0% more spent on your healthcare

San Marino spends $5,231 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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have 13.0% more access to essential health services

San Marino scores 77 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Australia scores 87 as of 2021.

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live 2.8 years less

In San Marino, the average life expectancy is 86 years (84 years for men, 87 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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have 11.7% fewer doctors per person

San Marino has 46.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Australia has 40.9 as of 2022.

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Life

be 75.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In San Marino, approximately 8.0 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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have 2.5 times more children

In San Marino, there are approximately 4.2 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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be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy

In San Marino, approximately 1.2 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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Expenditures

spend 74.5% more on education

San Marino spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 57.3% more on healthcare

San Marino spends 6.6% 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 23.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In San Marino, road accidents kill 5.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Australia, they kill 4.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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

Compare further: San Marino vs. Australia

Size Comparison · See true size
San Marino is about 126,905 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from San Marino to Australia · OECD 2017
3 people moved from San Marino 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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