Australia
Region East Asia & PacificIncome High incomeCapital CanberraISO3 AUS
Human development
0.958
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
60,194.1PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
83.1yrs
At birth
Governance
83.2/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption85.3Ranked 10th—· 2024
- Government Effectiveness86.5Ranked 9th▲ 1· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence79.4Ranked 47th▲ 2· 2024
- Rule of Law82.3Ranked 17th▲ 1· 2024
- Regulatory Quality82Ranked 9th▲ 3· 2024
- Voice & Accountability83.3Ranked 11th▼ 1· 2024
- Military spending1.9%Ranked 65th▲ 8· 2024
- Women in parliament46%Ranked 9th▼ 25· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.84Ranked 11th▼ 2· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.79Ranked 11th—· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 22nd▲ 4· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 22nd▲ 4· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.92Ranked 18th▲ 3· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.65Ranked 5th▼ 1· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.77Ranked 12th▲ 1· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.73Ranked 15th—· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.91Ranked 19th▼ 2· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.99Ranked 4th—· 2025
Economy
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2027Our World in DataCC BY 4.0updated 2027UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2027
GDP
- GDP1.8TRanked 15th▲ 1· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP60,194.1Ranked 23rd▼ 3· 2025
- GDP growth1.4%Ranked 149th▼ 10· 2025
- Inflation2.9%Ranked 82nd▼ 11· 2025
- Unemployment4.1%Ranked 68th▲ 2· 2025
- Trade openness45.9%Ranked 113th▼ 22· 2025
- FDI net inflows2%Ranked 46th▼ 33· 2025
- Tax revenue23.6%Ranked 19th▼ 1· 2022
- Current account balance-2.7%Ranked 61st▼ 35· 2025
- Gross savings22.2%Ranked 46th▼ 23· 2025
- Gross capital formation24.5%Ranked 52nd▼ 15· 2025
- Government expenditure27.6%Ranked 60th▲ 14· 2022
- Personal remittances received0.11%Ranked 85th▼ 62· 2025
- R&D expenditure1.9%Ranked 22nd—· 2021
- Researchers in R&D4,568.6Ranked 10th▼ 1· 2010
- High-technology exports25.2%Ranked 19th▼ 1· 2024
- Youth unemployment9.6%Ranked 69th▲ 5· 2025
- Agricultural employment2.2%Ranked 152nd▼ 1· 2025
- Vulnerable employment9.1%Ranked 32nd—· 2025
- Agriculture value added2.3%Ranked 125th▼ 17· 2025
- Industry value added23.9%Ranked 89th▲ 13· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)65,129.7Ranked 12th▼ 5· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker1,611.1Ranked 104th▼ 6· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)58,276.9Ranked 21st▼ 1· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)4.1%Ranked 69th▲ 1· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)9.5%Ranked 65th—· 2027
- Labour force participation rate66.1%Ranked 50th▲ 2· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio63.4%Ranked 45th▲ 2· 2027
- Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)0.84Ranked 26th▲ 3· 2019
- Human capital index3.5Ranked 21st▲ 2· 2019
- Capital stock per worker456,067.1Ranked 26th—· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy83.1Ranked 22nd▲ 3· 2024
- Infant mortality3.1Ranked 15th—· 2024
- Maternal mortality2Ranked 2nd▼ 2· 2023
- Health spending10.4%Ranked 24th▼ 5· 2023
- Physicians4.1Ranked 24th▼ 2· 2022
- Basic sanitation access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Basic drinking water access100%Ranked 15th▼ 2· 2024
- Undernourishment2.5%Ranked 1st—· 2023
- Measles immunization91%Ranked 9th—· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence6.9Ranked 33rd▲ 4· 2024
- Road traffic deaths4.9Ranked 17th▲ 2· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate13.1Ranked 136th▲ 1· 2021
- Smoking prevalence11.6%Ranked 32nd▼ 4· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure6.4Ranked 20th▲ 6· 2023
- Child mortality0.36Ranked 13th▼ 1· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,561.9Ranked 16th▼ 1· 2023
- Stunting prevalence (under 5)1.9%Ranked 1st· 2007
- Wasting prevalence (under 5)0.2%Ranked 1st· 2007
- Overweight prevalence (under 5)22%Ranked 28th▼ 17· 2017
- DTP3 immunization coverage93%Ranked 7th▲ 1· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage91%Ranked 9th—· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate3.6Ranked 25th—· 2024
Education
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2024UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2024
Secondary enrollment
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population27.61MRanked 55th▲ 1· 2025
- Population growth1.5%Ranked 69th▲ 16· 2025
- Urban population87.7%Ranked 30th▼ 1· 2025
- Fertility rate1.5Ranked 152nd▲ 6· 2024
- Crude birth rate10.7Ranked 139th▼ 5· 2024
- Median age of population37.8Ranked 66th▲ 4· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio54.8Ranked 107th▼ 3· 2023
- Net migration rate5.3Ranked 34th▼ 17· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)32,507Ranked 60th· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)87.2Ranked 9th· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access100%Ranked 1st—· 2024
- Renewable energy share12.3%Ranked 120th▼ 8· 2021
- Forest area17.4%Ranked 137th—· 2023
- Electric power consumption9,801Ranked 9th▼ 6· 2024
- CO₂ per capita14.5Ranked 11th—· 2024
- CO₂ emissions386.73MRanked 16th—· 2024
- Renewable electricity38.6%Ranked 46th▼ 34· 2025
- Electricity from coal42.7%Ranked 48th▼ 18· 2025
- Electricity from solar19.7%Ranked 12th▼ 6· 2025
- Electricity from wind13.7%Ranked 21st▼ 7· 2025
- Electricity from hydro4.3%Ranked 60th▼ 54· 2025
- Power-sector CO2 intensity524.6Ranked 66th▼ 55· 2025
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF652.2Ranked 178th▲ 3· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita24.5Ranked 185th▲ 6· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts0Ranked 1st—· 2025
- INFORM risk score2.4Ranked 13th· 2026
- Hazard & exposure2.9Ranked 24th· 2026
- Vulnerability2.1Ranked 10th· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity2.4Ranked 16th· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure4.7Ranked 34th· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure0.6Ranked 7th· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability0.4Ranked 5th· 2026
- Vulnerable groups3.6Ranked 31st· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity3.2Ranked 15th· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity1.6Ranked 13th· 2026
- Battle-related deaths (state-based)1Ranked 1st· 2018
- Organized-violence deaths (total)2Ranked 2nd· 2018
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index33.8Ranked 30th▼ 4· 2020
- Extreme poverty0.9%Ranked 9th▲ 2· 2020
- Internet users96.1%Ranked 17th—· 2024
- Homicide rate0.85Ranked 24th▼ 2· 2023
- Female labor participation62.5%Ranked 32nd—· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions36.5Ranked 31st▼ 1· 2024
- Life satisfaction6.9Ranked 15th▲ 4· 2025
- Human Development Index0.96Ranked 5th▼ 2· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.06Ranked 18th▲ 1· 2023
- Gender Development Index0.98Ranked 45th▲ 3· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.87Ranked 9th▼ 2· 2023
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0.7Ranked 51st▲ 2· 2023
- Youth NEET rate8.7%Ranked 27th▲ 1· 2027
- Poverty headcount at $2.15/day0.01Ranked 62nd▲ 5· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $3.65/day0.01Ranked 56th▼ 1· 2026
- Poverty headcount at $6.85/day0.01Ranked 43rd▼ 3· 2026
- Poverty gap at $2.15/day0Ranked 115th▲ 1· 2026
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)33,415Ranked 73rd▼ 1· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)41Ranked 16th▲ 5· 2025
- Asylum seekers31Ranked 12th▼ 12· 2025