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Australia · data for latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
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Australia

East Asia & Pacific Capital Canberra High income Nation age 125 years (since 1901) i AUS · AU
NationsTree Index 2025 i77.110th of 196 Tree height 2025 i30 msee ranking Military strength i71percentile
Population i27.6 m55th of 217 Area i7,741,220 km²6th of 216 GDP i$1.80 trn15th of 210 GDP (PPP) i$1.99 trn intl.20th of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$71,934 intl.28th of 199 Life expectancy i83.1 years22nd of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i84
Strength · trunk i86
Quality of life · crown i81
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i76
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i34
CSV

In short

Australia is 10th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 77.1 out of 100; its tree is 30 m tall.

It has 27.6 million people and an economy of $1.99 trn at purchasing power parity, 20th of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Access to electricity (1st of 215), Regulatory quality (5th of 205) and Human Development Index (7th of 193).

Its weakest positions: CO₂ emissions per person (192nd of 203), GDP growth (163rd of 210) and Renewable energy (130th of 212).

Over five years it climbed from 14th to 10th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

67
Surface area ikm² 7,741,220 6th/216
Land area ikm² 7,688,287 6th/216
Population ipeople 27.6 m 55th/217
Population growth i% 1.53% 69th/217
Population density ipeople/km² 3.5 214th/216
Urban population i% 87.7% 41st/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 17.7% 144th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 18.1% 48th/217

Economy

69
GDP iUSD $1.80 trn 15th/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $1.99 trn 20th/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $1.66 trn 21st/199
GDP per person iUSD $65,130 19th/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $71,934 28th/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $64,120 16th/201
GDP growth i% 1.4% 163rd/210
Inflation i% 2.9% 85th/180
Unemployment i% 4.1% 69th/187
Central government debt i% of GDP 57.9% 29th/55
General government gross debt i% of GDP 51.9% 88th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP -2.9% 102nd/192

Main industries

45
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 2.3% 144th/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 23.9% 100th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 5.3% 149th/192
Services i% of GDP 67.5% 44th/200

Trade

55
Exports of goods & services iUSD $418.06 bn 23rd/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $407.49 bn 22nd/182
Exports i% of GDP 23.2% 130th/183
Imports i% of GDP 22.7% 159th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 45.9% 153rd/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 26.9% 31st/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 9.8% 134th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 13.7% 95th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 34.6% 12th/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 25.2% 22nd/168
Current account balance i% of GDP -2.6% 107th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 2.1% 97th/196

Natural resources

74
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 13.4% 37th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 0.26% 69th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 1.72% 25th/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.79% 8th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 10.47% 11th/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 0.12% 108th/209
Arable land i% of land area 4.1% 145th/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 18,909 32nd/183

Tourism

71
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 1.8 m 74th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $26.23 bn 5th/175
Tourism receipts i% of exports 8.7% 65th/168
Outbound trips idepartures 2.8 m 42nd/107

Society & health

85
Life expectancy iyears 83.1 22nd/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 3.6 25th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 4.09 29th/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 3.82016
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 93% 81st/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 93.2% 37th/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 131.9% 8th/173
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 28.2% 48th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 10.4% 25th/193
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 108.4% 8th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.958 7th/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 33.82020
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.9%2020

Infrastructure & digital

84
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 95.8% 22nd/144
Internet users i% of population 96.1% 19th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 113 113th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 36.5 37th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 4.10 9th/164
Air passengers carried ipassengers 69.0 m 17th/161

Environment & energy

52
CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 14.10 192nd/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 12.3% 130th/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 6.4 20th/200
Forest area i% of land area 17.4% 138th/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 5,000 16th/149

Institutions & safety

89
Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 88.2 11th/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 85.1 10th/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 82.7 20th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 79.3 60th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 84.2 5th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 83.7 15th/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 0.9 34th/145

Military

63
Military expenditure iUSD $35.33 bn 17th/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 1.9% 68th/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 4.9% 82nd/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 60,000 64th/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 0.44% 122nd/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 826.0 m 11th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 108.0 m 26th/65

Science & innovation

88
R&D spending i% of GDP 1.86% 19th/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 2,542 18th/137
Scientific articles iarticles 54,589 15th/197

Compare Australia with

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Wikidata P571 (inception) (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Australia — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/australia. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Australia — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/australia. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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