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Australia
East Asia & Pacific · High income · capital Canberra
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old83.1years
Ranks 22 of 217 in 2024
11% above world median · 14% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old3.6per 1,000 live births
Ranks 25 of 196 in 2024
76% below world median · 79% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old2per 100,000 live births
Ranks 3 of 194 in 2023
96% below world median · 98% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2007 · 19 years old1.9% of under-5s
Ranks 1 of 31 in 2007
93% below world median · 93% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 31 countries reporting in 2007 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old10.40% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
64% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.48births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
22% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old99.6% gross
Ranks 65 of 134 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2022 · 4 years old5.06% of GDP
Ranks 48 of 164 in 2022
25% above world median · 12% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old65,130current US$
Ranks 12 of 186 in 2025
7.3× above world median · 8.8× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old71,934international $
Ranks 22 of 185 in 2025
2.6× above world median · 3.4× above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2020 · 6 years old0.9% of population
Ranks 39 of 70 in 2020
38% above world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 70 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2020 · 6 years old33.8index, 0–100
Ranks 34 of 70 in 2020
about the same world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 70 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old4.1% of labour force
Ranks 69 of 182 in 2025
20% below world median · 34% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old2.9% per year
Not ranked — no better end
6% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old1.88% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
19% above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old96.1% of population
Ranks 19 of 182 in 2024
17% above world median · 14% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old14.10t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
4.5× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old27.6mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
3.2× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Australia has no figure in this dataset for Adult literacy, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.