Why is life in Australia better than in America?

See how Australian immigrant life blows up America. Although the United States is a superpower in the world today, Australia is still slightly better in many aspects. Ignorance is not much better than shock: although American professionals earn more, Americans have to deal with many more difficulties in life than Australians. Not only is the poverty rate higher and medical drugs more expensive, but they are also more susceptible to fatal diseases. Under the bombardment of so many tests, Australia has completely bombed the United States!

1, revenue

If you live in the United States and are a professional, you will get a higher salary than when you were in Australia. But if you are engaged in a job with the lowest hourly wage, it is better to stay in Australia. But even professionals should think twice before going to America. At present, the unemployment rate there is nearly twice that of Australia.

At the same time, the pay gap between men and women in the United States is gradually widening: Australian women's pay is equivalent to 83. 1% of men's average pay, while American female employees can only get 77% of their male compatriots' income. In the United States, if you are lucky enough to be at the top of the labor pyramid, your wallet is undoubtedly much bigger than that of Australians. According to OECD data, in 2008, the average wage in the United States was 37,690 yuan, while Australians could only get 27,039 yuan in the same period.

However, in the United States, your chances of falling into poverty are much higher. According to the United Nations HumanPovertyIndex, 12.2% of Australians live on less than half of the median wage, while as many as 17% of Americans are in the same predicament.

2. Medical treatment

The per capita medical expenditure in the United States is much higher than that in Australia, but Americans still can't afford the appalling medical expenses. In 2007, 62% of Americans who filed for bankruptcy were blamed on high medical expenses. In the United States, the government only pays 18.7% of the total personal medical expenses, while the Australian government pays 70%.

The five major causes of death in the two countries are the same, and the incidence of fatal cancer is the same, but the number of Americans who die of cardiovascular diseases is 1.3 times higher than that in Australia. In addition, the number of deaths caused by respiratory diseases in the United States is 60% more than that in Australia.

Australia's universal health insurance claims to be the first in the world. In Australia, as long as you have a medical insurance card (similar to a medical insurance card), you only need to swipe your card to see a doctor, and you don't have to pay any money. If you buy more than 200 Australian dollars a year, you basically don't have to pay any more, and the government will cover it all. Universal health insurance won't make everyone lazy at all, but it will make everyone have no worries, work easier and be more efficient.

3. Life span

As we all know, Australians live a long life. Compared with their American peers, Australians can live an average of 40.8 months longer, with an average life expectancy of 8 1.9 years.

The life expectancy of Australian girls born today is 83.9 years, while that of American women of the same generation is 80.8 years. The difference of male life expectancy in these two countries is similar. Australian boys can enjoy 79.3 years of earthly life, while American men only have 75.6 years.

In addition, the neonatal mortality rate in the United States is also higher: 6.06 deaths per 1 1,000 newborns, while in Australia it is only 4.6 1.

4. Education

More Americans finish high school than Australians, but Australians have a longer education. Australians spend an average of 2 1 year to complete their education from primary school to university, while Americans only spend 16 years. However, among Americans over the age of 25, there are more people with secondary education than Australia 19%.

According to the data of the US Census Bureau, 38.54% of American citizens over the age of 25 have obtained a joint degree or a bachelor's degree. By 2006, more than 59% of Australians had obtained advanced diplomas or bachelor's degrees.

If you are studying in the United States, the average annual expenditure of private colleges is 25,654.38+07 yuan, while in Australia, only 7,902 yuan is enough.

Many people don't want to come to Australia, thinking that they will only go to Australia if they can't go to the United States, but it turns out that this is not the case. There are only 30 universities in Australia, and they are all public universities, so the level is good, and the average level is much higher than that of American universities.

Although many of the best universities in the world are in the United States, compared with the United States, there are more than 3,000 universities of different levels. The Australian government has much stricter requirements for universities, so the quality of Australian universities is relatively average, and there is no pyramid-like university grading in the United States.