International Rankings of Australia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Australia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Australia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	28	34.85	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	22	8.753 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	37	86.55 %	2018
Internet users - total	36	21.419 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	31.14	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	21	7.820 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	102	111.01	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	49	27.880 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	12	496.900 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	12	490.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	35	0.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	5	79	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	11	81.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	5	96.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	80	70.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	15	1.391 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	142	21.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	60	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	123	56.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	22	21 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	54	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	118	3.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	89	25.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	49	71.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	85	25.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1994
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	73	1.4 %	2017
Labor force	44	12.568 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	121	3.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	59	21.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	30	75.3 %	2009
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	2021
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	19	1.265 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	20	49854 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	53	35.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	16	439.100 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	32	192500	2017
Crude oil - imports	25	341700	2017
Crude oil - production	32	284000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	33	1.821 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	20	229.400 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	27	72	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	59	11	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	24	17	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	19	65.560 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	20	243.000 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	20	45.250 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	7	67.960 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	34	5.776 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	10	105.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	17	1.989 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	21	1.175 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	48	64120 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	13	619600 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	36	462500 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	16	375.91 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	14	105.01 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	177	7.19 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	56	52.9	2018
Land use - arable land	87	11.6	2018
Land use - forest	128	16.2	2018
Land use - other	77	30.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	85	0.09	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	88.4	2018
Revenue from coal	7	0.78 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	83	0.13 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	21	492.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	36	10.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	35	2.662 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	27	3.392 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	98	1.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	31	86.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	25	13.345 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	8	5.618 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	10	42.1 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	9	7.682 million sq km	0
Area - total	9	7.741 million sq km	0
Area - water	119	58920 sq km	0
Coastline	8	25760 km	0
Elevation - highest point	88	2228 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	42	15 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	100	330 meters	0
Irrigated land	23	25460 sq km	2014
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	56	52.9	2018
Land use - arable land	87	11.6	2018
Land use - forest	128	16.2	2018
Land use - other	77	30.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	85	0.09	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	2	88.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	21	492.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	138	12.89 %	2794
Age structure - 25-54 years	86	41.15 %	5041
Age structure - 55-64 years	77	11.35 %	5806
Birth rate	142	12.35 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	37	66.9 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	20	9.3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	113	6.78 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	33	25.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	106	4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	84	55.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	118	29.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	28	5.1 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	58	30000	2020
Hospital bed density	32	3.8 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	193	2.8 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	201	3.29 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	199	3.05 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	16	85.17 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	11	80.73 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	13	82.89 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	109	6	2017
Median age - female	51	38.5 years	2020
Median age - male	48	36.5 years	0
Median age - total	48	37.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	18	28.7	2019
Net migration rate	10	7.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	26	29 %	2016
Physicians density	27	3.68 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	54	25.810 million	2021
Population growth rate	70	1.31 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	1	21 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	1	20 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	1	21 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	15	1.09	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.93	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.86 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	109	1.74 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	86	13.2	2020
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	68	15.3	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	79	14.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	98	1.27	2025
Urbanization - urban population	31	86.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	19	418	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	3	155	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	25	14	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	4	155	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	16	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	6	349	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	22	14	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	17	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	14	101	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	27	131	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	54	14	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	106	2.028 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	17	75.668 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	10	583	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	6	25	2020
Railways - total	7	33343 km	2015
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	8	873573 km	2015
Waterways	40	2000 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.