Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Australia instead of United Arab Emirates, you would:

Health

see 2.1 times more spent on your healthcare

United Arab Emirates spends $3,727 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Australia spends $7,691 as of 2023.

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have 36.6% more doctors per person

United Arab Emirates has 29.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Australia has 40.9 as of 2022.

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be 7.6 times more likely to die by suicide

United Arab Emirates has a suicide rate of 1.7 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Australia, it is 13.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 29.6% more money

United Arab Emirates has a GDP per capita of $50,274 as of 2024, while in Australia, the GDP per capita is $65,130 as of 2025.

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be 88.5% more likely to be unemployed

In United Arab Emirates, 2.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Australia, that number is 4.1% as of 2025.

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Life

be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In United Arab Emirates, approximately 3.0 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 18.4% less likely to die during infancy

In United Arab Emirates, approximately 3.8 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 30.1% more on education

United Arab Emirates spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Australia spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

United Arab Emirates spends 5.0% 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 19.5 times more coastline

United Arab Emirates has a total of 1,318 km of coastline. In Australia, that number is 25,760 km.

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Safety

be 23.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In United Arab Emirates, 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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be 23.2% more likely to be murdered

United Arab Emirates has a homicide rate of 0.7 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Australia, that number is 0.8 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

live with 99.7% less strain on fresh water

United Arab Emirates withdraws 1510% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Australia withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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find 10.7% less home broadband

United Arab Emirates has 40.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Australia has 36.5 as of 2024.

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use 35.9% less electricity

United Arab Emirates uses 15,285 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Australia uses 9,801 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

be 85.7% less likely to die from air pollution

In United Arab Emirates, air pollution causes 70.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Australia, it causes 10.0 as of 2019.

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emit 22.8% less CO2

United Arab Emirates emits 18.3 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 (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Compare further: United Arab Emirates vs. Australia

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 31.5% more expensive than United Arab Emirates overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
United Arab Emirates is about 93 times smaller than Australia.
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Moving from United Arab Emirates to Australia · OECD 2023
1,062 people moved from United Arab Emirates to Australia.
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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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