Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Indonesia instead of Iceland, you would:
Health
be 68.5% less likely to be obese
In Iceland, 21.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Indonesia, that number is 6.9% of people as of 2016.
live 10.6 years less
In Iceland, the average life expectancy is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022. In Indonesia, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
pay a 35.2% lower top tax rate
Iceland has a top tax rate of 46.3% as of 2016. In Indonesia, the top tax rate is 30.0% as of 2016.
make 77.7% less money
Iceland has a GDP per capita of $55,600 as of 2022, while in Indonesia, the GDP per capita is $12,400 as of 2022.
Life
have 17.5% more children
In Iceland, there are approximately 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Indonesia, there are 14.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 57.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Iceland, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Indonesia, 173.0 women do as of 2020.
be 12.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Iceland, approximately 1.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Indonesia, on the other hand, 19.7 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 38.0% less likely to have internet access
In Iceland, approximately 100.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Indonesia, about 62.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 54.5% less on education
Iceland spends 7.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Indonesia spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 64.6% less on healthcare
Iceland spends 9.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Indonesia, that number is 3.4% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 11.0 times more coastline
Iceland has a total of 4,970 km of coastline. In Indonesia, that number is 54,716 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Direktorat Jenderal Pajak, Directorate of Internal Revenue.
Indonesia: At a glance
How big is Indonesia compared to Iceland? See an in-depth size comparison.