Australia ranks 1st in the world for macroeconomic stability, based on inflation and debt dynamics, on both of which Australia also ranked 1st
Australia ranks 1st in the world for installed solar capacity
Australia ranks 1st in the world for commercialisation of IP Assets
Australia ranks 1st in the OECD for the average number of years of education per person – 20.4 years between ages 5 and 39
Source: OECD Better Life Index
Australia ranks 1st in the OECD for civic engagement
Source: OECD Better Life Index
Australia ranks 1st in the OECD for its attractiveness to highly educated workers
Australia is the most attractive place in the world for tech companies to invest
Australia ranks 1st in our region for AI readiness and 14th in the world
Australia has the highest median wealth per adult in the world
Australia ranks equal 1st in the world for the total number of years a child of school entrance age can expect to receive
Australia ranks 1st in the OECD for equity in healthcare outcomes
Australia is the most desired working location in the Asia–Pacific and the 3rd most popular in the world
Australia ranks 1st amongst developed countries for private donations to charity and 5th in the world
Australia ranks 1st in the world for its readiness for technological change alongside Singapore and Sweden
Australia ranks 1st in the world for gender parity in educational attainment
Australia ranks 1st in the world for digitally connected commerce, based on market environment, take up of e-commerce, and digital commerce infrastructure
Australia ranks 2nd for youth wellbeing worldwide
Australia ranks 2nd in the world for our capability to seize opportunities from disruptive forces
Australia ranks 2nd in the Asia Oceania region for happiness and 12th in the world.
Source: World Happiness Report 2021
Australia has the 2nd largest biotech public market in the world
Source: AusBiotech
Australia ranks 2nd in the world for social capital, measuring social cohesion and engagement, community and family networks, and political participation and institutional trust
Australia ranks 2nd in the world on the Global Health Security Index for our health security capabilities
A CSIRO team placed 2nd in 2021 at the 'Robotics Olympics', the DARPA Subterranean Challenge for Robotics.
Source: CSIRO
Australia has equal 2nd highest proportion of foreign born citizens in the OECD (30%)
Australia ranks 2nd in our region (Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia and Oceania) for our ability to grow, retain and attract talent
Australia has the 2nd highest level of cyber security in the Indo-Pacific
Source: Comparitech
Australia ranks equal 3rd in the world for the number of universities in the top 100
Australia ranks 3rd in the world for the performance of our health care system
Australia ranks 3rd for intellectual property rights on the International Property Rights Index 2021
Australia has 3 universities in the top 100 academic institutions in artificial intelligence
Source: Nature Index
Australia is ranked 3rd for trade openness, based on trade tariffs, non-tariff barriers and border efficiency
Australia ranks 3rd for diversity of our workforce
Australia had the 3rd highest growth in disposable household income in the OECD to Q3 2021
Source: OECD data
Sydney and Melbourne are the 4th and 5th best cities for entrepreneurs
Source: Oberlo
Australia ranks 4th in the world for cyber security R&D patent filings
Source: Austrade
Australia ranks 5th in the world for digital government services
Australia ranks 5th in the world for e-participation
Australia ranks 5th in the world for filing alternative protein patents
Source: IP Australia
Australia has the 5th best product market in the world, considering trade competition and domestic openness
Australia ranks 6th in the world for reliance on professional management, measuring whether senior management appointments are made based on ability rather than social connection
Australia ranks 6th in the world for our attractiveness to university students
Australia is ranked 6th in the world for our business environment 2020–2024
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit
Australia ranks 6th in the world for the best pension plan
Australia ranks 7th in the world as the favourite destination for ex-pats
Source: Bloomberg
Australia ranks 7th in the world for the attractiveness of our renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities
Australia ranks 7th in the world for our attractiveness to entrepreneurs
Australia ranks 7th in the world for energy efficiency regulation
Australia ranks 8th in the world on the Human Development Index
Australia ranks 8th in the world in Stanford University’s AI Vibrancy Ranking
Source: Artificial Intelligence Index
Australia ranks 9th in the OECD for the best tax regime in terms of competitiveness and neutrality
Australia ranks as the 9th most democratic country
Australia ranks 9th in the world for property rights
Australia ranks 10th in the world for the number of peer-reviewed scientific publications and citations
Australia ranks in the top 10 for market sophistication, human capital & research, and institutions
These are 3 of the 7 pillars in the 2020 Global Innovation Index
Australia has a 1.6% share of the global economy in nominal GDP terms despite only 0.3% of the global population
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia invests A$800 million annually in agtech and foodtech R&D through 15 Rural R&D Corporations
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia has 4 cities in the top 10 most liveable cities in the world
Australia spends A$12 billion on sport and sports infrastructure every year
Source: Sport 2030 national plan
In 2020, renewable energy accounted for 24% of Australia's total electricity generation.
The broadcast rights for Australia’s major sporting codes exceed A$6 billion.
Source: Sport 2030 national plan
The number of high-income households in Australia is growing by 3% per year, and will reach more than nine million by 2030.
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit
Australia offers nearly A$70 billion in grants, incentives and funding pools to Australian-based companies across priority sectors.
Source: Accenture
The digitech sector contributes around A$167 billion to the Australian economy every year.
Source: Tech Council of Australia
Australia is home to 500 medtech companies
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Foreign investment in Australia is at A$4 trillion
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
More than half of Australian businesses are innovation active
Almost half of Australia’s workforce has a tertiary qualification, meaning a diploma or higher
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
4 of Australia's cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide – are in the top 100 most innovative cities
Source: Innovation Cities Index 2021
Australia reduced its emissions by 20% between 2005 and 2021
Australia has committed A$20 billion to low emissions technologies in the decade to 2030.
Australia's national science agency CSIRO ranks in the top 1% of the world's scientific institutions in 13 of 22 research fields
Source: CSIRO Annual Report
Australia is the world’s 13th largest economy
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report