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Australia shines on many fronts. See how we rank on the world stage.
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 is the most attractive place in the world for tech companies to invest
Australia ranks 1st in the OECD for our capacity to attract and retain highly educated workers
Australia ranks 1st in our region for government readiness to take advantage of AI
Source: Oxford Insights
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
Foreign investment in Australia is at A$4 trillion
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia ranks 1st amongst developed countries for private donations to charity and 5th in the world
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 is most popular work destination in the Asia-Pacific, and the 3rd most popular globally
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 equal 1st in the world for our readiness for technological change, alongside Singapore and Sweden
Australia ranks 1st in the world for installed solar capacity
Australia ranks 1st in the world for commercialisation of IP Assets
Australia ranks 2nd in the world for our capability to seize opportunities from disruptive forces
Australia ranks 2nd in the world for social capital, measuring social cohesion and engagement, community and family networks, and political participation and institutional trust
A CSIRO team placed 2nd in 2021 at the 'Robotics Olympics', the DARPA Subterranean Challenge for Robotics.
Source: CSIRO
Australia ranks 2nd for youth wellbeing worldwide
Australia ranks 2nd in the Asia Oceania region for happiness and 12th in the world.
Source: World Happiness Report 2021
Australia ranks 2nd in our region (Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia and Oceania) for our ability to grow, retain and attract talent
Australia ranks 2nd in the world for our ability to respond to health care threats
Australia has the 2nd highest level of cyber security in the Indo-Pacific
Source: Comparitech
Australia has the equal 2nd highest proportion of foreign born citizens in the OECD (30%)
Australia ranks 4th in the world for the number of universities in the top 100
Source: Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Australia ranks 3rd in the world for the performance of our health care system
Source: The Commonwealth Fund Mirror Mirror 2021: Health Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High-Income Countries
Australia ranks 11th for intellectual property rights on the International Property Rights Index 2021
Australia is ranked 3rd for trade openness, based on trade tariffs, non-tariff barriers and border efficiency
Australia had the 3rd highest growth in disposable household income in the OECD to Q3 2021
Source: OECD data
Two-way trade in goods and services was worth A$1 trillion in 2021-22
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2023, Trade time series data
Australia ranks 3rd for diversity of our workforce
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 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 5th in the world for digital government services
Australia ranks 5th in the world for e-participation
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 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 7th in the world as the favourite destination for ex-pats
Source: Bloomberg
Australia ranks 7th in the world for our attractiveness to entrepreneurs
Australia ranks 7th in the world for energy efficiency regulation
Australia is ranked 6th in the world on the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index for renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities.
Australia ranks 8th in the world on the Human Development Index
Australia ranks 8th in Stanford University’s AI Vibrancy Ranking
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
In 2021, renewable energy accounted for 29% of Australia's total electricity generation.
Australia ranks 1st in the world for financial freedom
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia ranks 9th in the world for market sophistication
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 ranks 2nd in the world for judicial effectiveness
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia ranks 10th in the world for the strength of our institutions
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 ranks 2nd in the world for monetary freedom
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
30 of the top 200 fastest growing companies in the Asia-Pacific are Australian, including 8 in the top 100
A$12 billion spent on sport and sports infrastructure every year.
Source: Sport 2030 national plan
Australia offers nearly A$70 billion in grants, incentives and funding pools to Australian-based companies across priority sectors.
Source: Accenture
Australia ranks 3rd in the world for trade freedom
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia has the 2nd largest pool of managed funds in the Asia-Oceania region
Source: Investment Company Institute via Why Australia Benchmark Report
The broadcast rights for Australia’s major sporting codes exceeded A$6 billion.
Source: Sport 2030 national plan
The digitech sector contributes around A$167 billion to the Australian economy every year.
Source: Tech Council of Australia
Australia ranks 10th in the world for rule of law and 15th in the world for political stability
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Australia ranks 3rd in the world for 5G connected devices per capita
Source: Deloitte Access Economics Mobile Nation 2022: 5G Unleashed
Australia ranks 6th in the world for peer-reviewed scientific and technical articles, relative to the size of our economy
Australia ranks 3rd in our region for gender equality
Western Australia is the most attractive region.
Source: Fraser Institute 2021.
Australia ranks equal 1st in the world for gender parity among professional and technical workers
Source: World Economic Forum. Global Gender Gap Report 2022
Source: International Energy Agency. World Energy Outlook 2022
Australia had the highest growth in government budget allocations for R&D
Source: Global Innovation Index 2021
for sustainable and resilient tourism
Source: World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021
4 of Australia's cities – Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide – are in the top 100 most innovative cities
Source: Innovation Cities Index 2021
Australia ranks 1st in our region for environmental quality
Source: OECD Better Life Index
Hydrogen projects accounted for an estimated A$266 billion worth of potential investment in 2022 – double 2021 levels.
Australia reduced its emissions by 20% between 2005 and 2021
There are more than 3000 creative businesses in Australia's film industry. Australia has netted 18 Academy Award nominations for best actor or best actress, and has co-production treaties or MOUs with 13 countries.
In 2022, Australia became the first country in the world to export hydrogen.
Source: Reuters 2022
Almost half of Australia’s workforce has a tertiary qualification, meaning a diploma or higher
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
Government investment of at least A$22 billion has been committed to low emissions technologies in the decade to 2030.
The Australian digital health market was estimated to be worth US$1.85 billion in 2020.
Australia's fintech sector ranks 2nd in the Asia Pacific region, and 6th in the world
Wind generation grew an average 15 per cent per year the past decade
Source:
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2022) Australian Energy Statistics 2021 data.
Australia is the world’s 13th largest economy
Source: Why Australia Benchmark Report
More than half of Australian businesses are innovation active
Australia is the 4th most attractive online consumer market in the world
Source: Euromonitor via Austrade
Australia ranks 6th in our region for innovation
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 ranks 6th in the OECD for household net wealth
CSIRO ranks in the top 1% of the world's scientific institutions in 15 of 22 research fields
Source: CSIRO Annual Report
Australia has the highest median wealth of any major economy
Australia ranks 7th on the OECD Better Life Index, based on living conditions and quality of life.
Source: OECD Better Life Index
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