Population:
23,106,000 (2013)
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$):
43,170 (2012)
Woman as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners:
46% (2010)
Woman as % of Parliament:
27% (2000)
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons):
16.9 metric tons (2013)
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases:
90.01 (2008)
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel:
100% (2011)
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating:
Not Available
Economic: Big Mac Index:
$4.47 (2011)
Economic: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP):
-3.7 (2011)
Economic: Human Development Index:
0.955 (2006)
Economic: Technology Index:
4.93 (2005)
Education: Average years of School for Adults:
10.9 (2000)
Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP):
4.9 (2002)
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary):
17.88 (most recent data found '99)
Education: Teacher as % of Labor Force:
3.7% (most recent data found '99)
Health: Expenditure Per Capita:
$2,211 (2000)
Health: Hospital Beds per 1000:
7.4 per 1000 (2002)
Health: Physicians per 1000
2.5 per 1000 (2002)
Media: Televisions (total number):
11,787,988 (from '03 data)
Media: Per Capita Televisions:
0.51017 (calculated from '03 data)
GDP -industry:
27.2%
Labor force:
12.15 million (2012 est.)
Labor for in industry:
21.1% (2009)
Unemployment rate:
5.2% (2012 est.)
Public debt:
32.6% of GDP (2013 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1.8% (2012 est.)
Industries:
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
Exports:
$257.9 billion (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Exports - partners:
China 29.5%, Japan 19.3%, South Korea 8%, India 4.9% (2012)
Imports:
$263 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Imports - partners:
China 18.4%, US 11.7%, Japan 7.9%, Singapore 6%, Germany 4.6%, Thailand 4.2%, South Korea 4.1% (2012)
Exchange rates:
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.03 (2013 est.)
Electricity - production:
225.5 billion kWh (2011 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
213.5 billion kWh (2010 est.)
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
78.7% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
13.6% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
5.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Crude oil - production:
519,100 bbl/day (2012 est.
Natural gas - production:
48.24 billion cu m (2012 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
33.39 billion cu m (2010 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production:
675,200 bbl/day (2010 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
1.023 million bbl/day (2011 est.)
Airports:
480 (2013)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 349
Roadways:
total: 823,217 km
paved: 356,343 km(2011)
Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2011)
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney
Internet hosts:
17.081 million (2012)
Internet users:
15.81 million (2009)
Telephones - main lines in use:
10.47 million (2012)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
24.4 million (2012)
Waterways:
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2011)
Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney dry bulk cargo port(s): Dampier (iron ore), Dalrymple Bay (coal), Hay Point (coal), Port Hedland (iron ore), Port Walcott (iron ore)
container port(s) (TEUs): Brisbane (1,004,983), Melbourne (2,467,967), Sydney (2,028,074)(2011)