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International Rankings of Australia - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 17 36 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 23 9.100 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 14 90 % 2020
Internet users - total 36 23.124 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 31 24 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 23 6.200 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 67 108 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 48 27.453 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 12 496.900 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 12 490.000 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 31 0.5 % of GDP 0
Exports 6 299.040 billion US Dollars 2020
GDP (official exchange rate) 15 1.391 trillion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 136 21.5 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 55 18.4 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 120 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 52 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 112 3.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 84 25.3 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 45 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 72 1.4 % 2017
Labor force 43 12.568 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 114 3.6 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 56 21.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 29 75.3 % 2009
Population below poverty line 151 N/A 2022
Public debt 58 N/A % of GDP 2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 15 1.251 trillion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 18 48700 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 51 35.5 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 106 9.8 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 78 12.6 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 90 11.3 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 14 162.260 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 18 96.942 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 20 158.668 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 11 99.048 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 2 390.808 million metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 61 583000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 4 504.051 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 3 149.079 billion metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 18 237.388 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 94 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - imports 113 0 kWh 2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity 15 82.517 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 27 12.608 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 44 1.4 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 60 75.4 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 106 6.2 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 11 8.6 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 28 8.4 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 16 241.004 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 23 41.905 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - exports 5 101.767 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - imports 31 6.296 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - production 7 142.104 billion cubic meters 2020
Natural gas - proven reserves 13 3.228 trillion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 28 197700 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 22 356900 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 33 2.446 billion bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 20 1.174 million bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 30 442500 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 47 64120 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - imports 13 619600 bbl/day 2017
Refined petroleum products - production 35 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 173 7.19 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 65 46.65 2018
Land use - arable land 118 4.03 2018
Land use - forest 118 17.42 2018
Land use - other 65 33.42 2018
Land use - permanent crops 79 0.04 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 25 42.58 2018
Revenue from coal 7 0.78 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 82 0.13 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 21 492.000 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 35 10.500 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 33 2.662 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 26 3.392 billion cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 96 1.27 2025
Urbanization - urban population 27 86.6 2023
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 8 7.682 million sq km 0
Area - total 8 7.741 million sq km 0
Area - water 116 58920 sq km 0
Coastline 8 25760 km 0
Elevation - highest point 88 2228 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 40 15 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 98 330 meters 0
Irrigated land 30 15210 sq km 2020
Land boundaries - total 151 N/A km 2022
Land use - agricultural land 65 46.65 2018
Land use - arable land 118 4.03 2018
Land use - forest 118 17.42 2018
Land use - other 65 33.42 2018
Land use - permanent crops 79 0.04 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 25 42.58 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 131 12.89 2794
Age structure - 25-54 years 80 41.15 5041
Age structure - 55-64 years 72 11.35 5806
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 36 3.71 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 25 0.81 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 67 1.32 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 24 9.51 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 11 3.67 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 135 12.3 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 99 N/A % 0
Contraceptive prevalence rate 33 66.9 % 1516
Current health expenditure 18 9.9 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 100 6.77 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 36 25.5 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 112 3.9 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 92 53.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 123 28.2 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 104 0 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 99 0 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 61 0 % of population 0
Education expenditures 23 6.1 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 33 3.8 beds/1,000 population 2016
Infant mortality rate - female 188 2.76 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 192 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 190 3.01 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 16 85.36 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 12 80.93 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 12 83.09 years 0
Literacy - female 118 N/A % 0
Literacy - male 103 N/A % 0
Literacy - total population 112 N/A % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 108 6 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 49 38.5 years 2020
Median age - male 47 36.5 years 0
Median age - total 45 37.5 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 23 28.7 2019
Net migration rate 13 6.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 23 29 % 2016
Physicians density 24 4.13 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 52 26.141 million 2022
Population growth rate 63 1.25 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 93 N/A % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 113 N/A % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 114 0 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 93 N/A % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 1 22 years 2020
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 8 1.07 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 14 1.09 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 21 1 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 28 0.93 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 25 0.72 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 18 0.99 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 48 11.5 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 110 15.6 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 83 13.6 % 2020
Total fertility rate 101 1.73 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 96 1.27 2025
Urbanization - urban population 27 86.6 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 106 9.8 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 78 12.6 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 90 11.3 0
Transportation
Airports 19 418 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 3 155 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 24 14 0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 4 155 0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 15 11 0
Airports - with paved runways - total 6 349 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 22 14 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 17 16 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 14 101 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 27 131 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 54 14 2021
Heliports 22 1 2021
Merchant marine - total 39 581 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 18 2.028 billion 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 16 75.668 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 9 583 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 6 25 2020
Railways - standard gauge 9 17446 2015
Railways - total 7 33011 km 2015
Roadways - paved 151 N/A km 2022
Roadways - total 8 873573 km 2015
Waterways 43 2000 km 2011

*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.

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