Two of the closest countries in the world today are the United States of America and their northern neighbor Canada,
or as some of my American friends call it America's hat. While these countries share a massive
5,500 Mile border there are many distinct differences that affect the livability of these nations
This is Alex from Lifelong learners. I have family in both America and Canada and today
I thought it will be fun to objectively compare America and Canada to see which country is more livable
So looking at education, employment, health, happiness, and security we'll compare these countries
Both America and Canada has strong education system that are better than Global averages the
Elementary school PISA rankings score America in the top 50% with a range of 25 out of 70
Canada however comes in the top ten with a rank of seven. It's important to consider higher
Education Canada performed strongly with twenty Canadian colleges in the top 500 in the world America however
dominates the top of the list with 41 colleges in the top hundred compared to Canada with just three
Let's look at affordability of higher education. The average annual cost of college in the u.s.
Is 52% of the median annual individual income more than twice as much as Canada or 22%!
While America has better colleges the affordability is much lower. Both of these factors impact on the proportion of young adults
completing higher education with 59% of 25 to 34 year old Canadians completing tertiary education
Compared to 47% in the u.s.
In terms of the economy America is by far the largest in the world
Employment levels are high in both America and Canada with an unemployment rate of 4.4% in America compared to Canada's
6.6%
The average wage in America also outperforms Canada with a wage of just over 60,000 compared to Canada's 48,000
the tax Rate varies both between and within Canada and America with different rates based on income and
location. KPMG lists the individual income tax rate in the u.s.
At 39.6% compared 33% in Canada
Number o--'s cost-of-living Index ranks America as the more expensive country with a rank of #18 out of 122 countries
compared to Canada at #27
While America has a much stronger economy better universities and higher wages
Canada Performs better in the health area
Adult obesity rates are terrible in both countries with 28% in Canada and 33.7% in America
maternal mortality that is the number of Mother's dying per
100,000 live births is quite
Low in both countries with seven per hundred thousand in Canada and 14 per 100,000 in America infant mortality
the number of children per thousand live births who die before reaching the age of five is similar in both countries with
6.5 per 1000 in America and
4.9 per 1000 in Canada however with hundreds of thousands of births in Canada alone each year this more difference in the rate
accounts for a large difference in the absolute number of deaths/
Life expectancy figures shows that the average Canadian lives to 81.7 years
Compared to the average American at 79.6 years
But as they say a good life is not measured by the number of breaths
but the number of moments that take your breath away on the world happiness Index Americans rank a respectable #21 out of
141 Countries however Canada creeps into the top ten with a rank of #9 making Canada one of the happiest places on Earth
the rate of Homelessness is relatively high in both countries, but America at
0.18 percent of the population is clearly better than Canada at
0.44%
suicide rates also show that America is infront of Canada with nine point nine suicides per
100,000 compared to ten point one in Canada
However the death rate by drug overdose shows American loses a hundred and ninety five people per million each year
Compared to one hundred and one in Canada
Happiness is impacted by safety and security and here there are some large gaps
Canada performed strongly in safety and security with a global terrorism index rating of 2.5 compared to 4.9 in America
Homicide rates a hundred thousand people are also lower in Canada with 1.7 per 100,000
Compared to 5.4 in America
the incarceration rate in Canada
Continues to indicate that Canada is a safer place to live with only a hundred and fourteen prisoners per hundred thousand people in the population
compared to
666 in America, and The Global Peace Index
indicates a large gap between Canada and America with Canada ranked in the top ten at number eight and
America in the bottom proportion ranked 141 out of 163 countries
So while America has higher wages, better universities, lower unemployment.
lower Homelessness and a lower suicide rate
Canada is a happier and safer country with healthier people and a lower tax rate
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