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Intl$ 1,318.2 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
4.4% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.1% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
2.6% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.8% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
1.9% (2015)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
1.5% | 1.3% | 2% | 2% | 1.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
6.1% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.1% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
37.7% | 40.5% | 41.1% | 41.4% | 41.8% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-2.8% | -2.5% | -1.7% | -0.8% | -0.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,268.5 billion | USD 1,508.5 billion | USD 1,262.8 billion |
Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Sydney Airport, Lendlease Group, Bank of Queensland, Ramsay Health Care, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac Banking Group, BHP Group, ANZ, NAB - National Australia Bank, Macquarie Group, Telstra, Woolworths, Wesfarmers, Suncorp Group, CSL, Woodside Petroleum, QBE Insurance Group, Scentre Group, South32, Fortescue Metals Group, Origin Energy, Insurance Australia Group, AGL Energy, Amcor, Goodman Group, Qantas Airways, Transurban Group, Bluescope Steel, Santos, Brambles, Dexus, AMP, Caltex Australia, GPT Group, Viva Energy Group, Mirvac Group
-2.1 % (2018 estimate)
21.7% (2018)
1.32% (2018)
1.18% (2018)
Iron ore, coal, gold, natural gas, beef, aluminum ores and conc, wheat, meat (excluding beef), wool, alumina, alcohol
Motor vehicles, refined petroleum, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude petroleum, medicaments, goods vehicles, gold, computers
China 33.5%, Japan 14.6%, South Korea 6.6%, India 5%, Hong Kong 4% (2017)
China 22.9%, US 10.8%, Japan 7.5%, Thailand 5.1%, Germany 4.9%, South Korea 4.5% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 45,522 million | USD 42,294 million | USD 60,438 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 328 million | USD 3,320 million | USD 3,635 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 11,806 million | USD 9,489 million | USD 12,051 million | USD -627 million |
N/A
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Industry Funds Management Pty Ltd, ITR Concession Co LLC, United States, USD 5.7 billion / APA Group, QCLNG Pipeline Pty Ltd, Australia, USD 4.6 billion
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
14 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 7 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 11 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 62 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 42 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 4 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 57 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 28 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 106 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 6 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 20 out of 190 countries
16 out of 141 countries
Ranking: 5 / Score: 80.9 (Free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
English 72.7%, Mandarin 2.5%, Arabic 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1%, other 14.8%, unspecified 6.5% (2016 est.)
Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%), Roman Catholic 22.6%, other Christian 4.2%, Muslim 2.6%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
17.17 million | 19.141 million | 22.17 million | 23.99 million | 25.98 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
81.5% | 85.6% | 84.2% | 86% |
35.8 (last available estimate, 2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 32.5% Mobile: 113.6% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Sydney: 50th
Melbourne: 79th
Perth: 87th
Canberra: 96th
Brisbane: 103rd
Adelaide: 109th
(2019)