🇦🇺 Australia
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Canberra
Money7.4 / 10
Safety5.0 / 10
Health8.7 / 10
Quality of life8.4 / 10
Passport8.7 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money7.4 / 10
Purchasing power1378 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$71,93428 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$64,12016 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth1.4 %163 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation2.9 %91 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment4.1 %69 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)33.866 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2020
Central government debt57.9 % GDP36 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2022
Reserves$73B38 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power13511 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety5.0 / 10
Safety (survey)52.663 of 89Numbeo
Crime47.484 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k0.8535 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health8.7 / 10
Health care (survey)71.823 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted13024 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy83.1 yr22 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10003.126 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$6,9809 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending10.4 % GDP25 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10004.129 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10003.843 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2016
☀Quality of life8.4 / 10
Quality of life18714 of 89Numbeo
Pollution28.317 of 115Numbeo
Purity45.4100 of 115Numbeo
Climate91.918 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time39.065 of 89Numbeo
Internet users96.1 %22 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending5.1 % GDP60 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2022
Urban population87.7 %41 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio8.225 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.246 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$418B23 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$407B22 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP45.9 %158 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$37B16 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism1.8M ppl74 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population27.6M55 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.5 %69 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.5154 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100113113 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %7 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita14.1 t192 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy12.3 %130 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending1.9 % GDP88 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport8.7 / 10
No visa needed in advance161 of 19824 of 199
Visa free112 of 198
Visa on arrival42 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)7 of 198
E-visa21 of 198
Visa required16 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not