Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Australia instead of Sweden, you would:
Health
be 40.8% more likely to be obese
In Sweden, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Australia, that number is 29.0% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 23.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Sweden, 6.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Australia, that number is 5.2% as of 2019.
pay a 21.2% lower top tax rate
Sweden has a top tax rate of 57.1% as of 2016. In Australia, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 13.6% more children
In Sweden, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Australia, there are 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 50.0% more likely to die during childbirth
In Sweden, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Australia, 6.0 women do as of 2017.
be 30.9% more likely to die during infancy
In Sweden, approximately 2.3 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.
Expenditures
spend 32.9% less on education
Sweden spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 8.0 times more coastline
Sweden has a total of 3,218 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, Skatteverket.
Australia: At a glance
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