🇦🇺 Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Every statistic we track for Australia — 158 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$74,755
82.9 yrs
6.92
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All indicators
📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.5 | #154/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.1 | #153/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 38.5 | #80/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 23.2 | #51/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 28.1 | #52/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 3.5 | #231/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 41 | #168/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 87.6% | #39/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #7/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 96.1% | #19/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 109.5 | #112/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 12.9 | #9/146 | 2020 |
| PIRLS Reading, Grade 4 | 540.1 | #12/53 | 2021 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 487 | #16/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 498 | #12/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 507 | #10/79 | 2022 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 4 | 524.9 | #19/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Mathematics, Grade 8 | 508.7 | #11/41 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 4 | 549.5 | #7/55 | 2023 |
| TIMSS Science, Grade 8 | 520.2 | #12/41 | 2023 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 14.1 | #12/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 4,928 | #16/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 63.1 | #23/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 35.1% | #87/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #32/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 1 | #3/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | 1.9 | #10/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 77 | #10/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 77 | #10/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #12/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #16/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #15/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 1 | #112/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 95 | #17/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #22/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.9 | #25/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | 1.8 | #9/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 1 | #1/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #12/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 1.9% | #65/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.6 | #5/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0 | #167/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 73.4 | #39/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 1 | #4/179 | 2025 |
| Satisfaction with Democracy | 80.7% | #5/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | 1.5 | #11/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| News Avoidance (Digital News Report) | 40% | #28/48 | 2026 |
| Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) | 23% | #4/42 | 2026 |
| Press Freedom Index | 74.6 | #33/177 | 2026 |
| Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) | 56% | #21/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in News (Digital News Report) | 43% | #14/48 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 21.9% | #25/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 1.5 | #143/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 0.9 | #166/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 4.5 | #172/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 79.1% | #114/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 60.6% | #20/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 32.1 | #8/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 38.8% | #30/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 14.3% | #22/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 2.4 | #157/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 63.9 | #22/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 19.9 | #25/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 58.1% | #108/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 6.9 | #15/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1 | #46/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.9 | #19/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.2 | #19/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 1 | #15/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.3 | #17/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.5 | #34/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 1 | #7/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 19.4% | #16/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 90.3% | #30/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 83.3% | #53/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 90 | #2/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 39.7% | #9/27 | 2020 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 4.9 | #47/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Long-term Orientation | 31 | #17/26 | 2010 |
| Masculinity | 61 | #20/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 36 | #53/65 | 2010 |
| Secular Values | 0.4 | #20/64 | 2022 |
| Self-Expression Values | 0.6 | #6/64 | 2022 |
| Signed a Petition | 72.1% | #1/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 19.5% | #27/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.5 | #70/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.4 | #82/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.6 | #55/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 94.1% | #9/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 87.5% | #14/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.9 | #86/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 51 | #46/65 | 2010 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 70.9% | #20/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 71.4% | #20/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.