Country comparison Iceland vs Australia 2018

Iceland			Australia
Comptes nationaux - Government
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q4	15,865€	12,153€	2017Q4	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	21,193M.€	1,088,567M.€	2016	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	23,941M.$	1,264,944M.$	2016	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	62,636€	44,639€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	70,759$	51,873$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2017Q4	5,368M.€	296,371M.€	2017Q4	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2016	9,678	464,030	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	10,712	513,635	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	52.75%	40.60%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	28,603€	19,029€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	31,661$	21,063$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	2,317	-30,232	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	2,565	-33,464	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	12.80%	-2.65%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	8,262.7	427,905.0	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	9,146.0	473,648.0	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2013	913.2	57,395.1	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2013	1,213.7	76,026.5	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2013	17.67%	13.90%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	1,279.3	74,855.3	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2016	1,416.0	19,122.1	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	15.73%	17.31%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2012	13.6	21,785.6	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2012	17.5	25,315.5	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2012	0.36%	7.40%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	45.60%	37.43%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	24,421€	17,547€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	27,031$	19,423$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	2,818€	2,424€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	3,727$	3,212$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	3,847€	3,103€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2016	4,258$	1,028$	1998	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2012	43€	893€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2012	54$	1,038$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	09/01/2016	A3	Aaa	08/17/2016	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	03/17/2017	A	AAA	02/16/2003	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	12/08/2017	A	AAA	05/12/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	77	77	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	28º	21º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	23.4	24.3	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	96º	57º	11/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	13º	23º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	February 2018	2.7%	5.5%	March 2018	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q4	2.6%	5.2%	2017Q4	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q4	5 m.	682 m.	2017Q4	Unemployed [+]
			2,104.7 $	2016	NMW [+]
			1,933.8 €	2016	NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	63,224€	55,173€	2016	Average Wage [+]
Average Wage [+]	2016	69,983$	60,647$	2015	Average Wage [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	20º	18º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Icelandic kronas [+]	04/18/2018	123.0800	1.5953	04/18/2018	Euro / Australian dollars [+]
			2.82%	04/19/2018	10-Year Bond Yield [+]
			223	04/19/2018	Risk Premium [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	04/17/2018	5.59%	-3.04%	04/19/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	March 2018	2.8%	1.9%	December 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]	March 2018	0.3%
			1.7%	December 2017	PPI Year on Year [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	11/01/2017	4.25%	2.00%	05/06/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	23º	14º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	June 2017	19,337	450,012	December 2017	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	June 2017	64.37	48.76	December 2017	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
			161,294	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	787.14	716.30	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2015	24.00%	10.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	44.4%	49.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	4,298.0 M.€	204,328.0 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	4,864.2 M.$	230,829.4 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2017	20.28%	15.98%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	5,947.0 M.€	202,336.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	6,969.5 M.$	228,580.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2017	28.06%	16.26%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-1,649.0 M.€	1,991.1 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-2,105.3 M.$	2,249.4 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2017	-7.78%	-0.29%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
			2.9%	February 2018	Retail Sales YoY [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	3	3	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	338,349	24,386,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	37,522	6,763,663	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	245.5	2,050.9	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	11.28%	28.17%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	127.9	16,183.6	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	38,496	526,579	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	11.58%	2.19%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.921	0.939	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	1º	12º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	1º	46º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	7º	17º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	12.00‰	12.70‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	1.74	1.83	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	6.90‰	6.60‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	82.20	82.45	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2011	4.60‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2011	1.60‰
Number of homicides [+]	2015	3	236	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	0.91	0.98	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
% risk of poverty [+]	2015	9.6%
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	11.76	18.62	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Iceland

Capital: Reykjavik
Population: 338,349
Surface Area: 103,000 km2
Currency: Icelandic kronas (1 EUR=123.0800 ISK)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CoE, EEA, EFTA, IMF, NATO, OECD, UN, OSCE

Australia

Capital: Canberra
Population: 24,386,000
Surface Area: 7,741,220 km2
Currency: Australian dollars (1 EUR=1.5953 AUD)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: G20, IMF, OECD, UN, PIF