Global InformationEconomy of Australia information
 Sydney's central business district is Australia's largest financial and business services hub. | |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) |
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Fiscal year | 1 July – 30 June |
Trade organisations | APEC, CPTPP, G20, OECD, WTO |
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| Population |  27,077,833 (2024 Estimate) |
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Inflation (CPI) |
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Population below poverty line | 13.4% (2020)[7] |
Gini coefficient |  33.0 medium (2021)[8] |
Human Development Index |
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Average gross salary | A$7,890 / $5,031.37 monthly[12] (2022) |
Average net salary | A$6,076 / $3,874.21 monthly[13][14] (2022) |
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| Exports | A$670.6 billion (2022)[17] |
Export goods | iron ore, coal, natural gas, gold, aluminium, beef, crude petroleum, copper, meat (non-beef)[17] |
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| Imports | A$530.3 billion (2022)[17] |
Import goods | petroleum, cars, telecom equipment and parts, goods vehicles, computers, medicaments, gold, civil engineering equipment, furniture[17] |
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FDI stock |
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Current account | A$14.1 billion (2022)[19] |
Gross external debt | US$2.095 trillion (Q1, 2019)[20] |
| Public finances | |
Government debt | 66.4% of GDP (October 2021)[21] |
Budget balance | −0.2% (of GDP) (2019)[22][23] |
| Revenues | A$668.1 billion (2023)[22] |
| Expenses | A$682.1 billion (2023)[22] |
| Economic aid | donor: ODA, $4.09 billion (2022)[24] |
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Foreign reserves | $66.58 billion (31 December 2017 est.)[28] |
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. | |
Australia is a highly developed country with a mixed economy.[29][30] As of 2023, Australia was the 14th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product),[31] the 19th-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP,[32] and was the 21st-largest goods exporter and 24th-largest goods importer.[33] Australia took the record for the longest run of uninterrupted GDP growth in the developed world with the March 2017 financial quarter. It was the 103rd quarter and the 26th year since the country had a technical recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth).[34] As of June 2021, the country's GDP was estimated at $1.98 trillion.[35]
The Australian economy is dominated by its service sector, which in 2017 comprised 62.7% of the GDP and employed 78.8% of the labour force.[5] At the height of the mining boom in 2009–10, the total value-added of the mining industry was 8.4% of GDP.[36] Despite the recent decline in the mining sector, the Australian economy has remained resilient and stable[37][38] and did not experience a recession from 1991 until 2020.[39][40] Among OECD members, Australia has a highly efficient and strong social security system, which comprises roughly 25% of GDP.[41][42][43]
The Australian Securities Exchange in Sydney is the 16th-largest stock exchange in the world in terms of domestic market capitalisation[44] and has one of the largest interest rate derivatives markets in the Asia-Pacific region.[45] Some of Australia's largest companies include Commonwealth Bank, BHP, CSL, Westpac, NAB, ANZ, Fortescue Metals Group, Wesfarmers, Macquarie Group, Woolworths Group, Rio Tinto, Telstra, Woodside Energy, and Transurban.[46] The currency of Australia and its territories is the Australian dollar, which it shares with several Pacific nation states.
Australia's economy is strongly intertwined with the countries of East and Southeast Asia, also known as ASEAN Plus Three (APT), accounting for about 64% of exports in 2016.[47] China in particular is Australia's main export and import partner by a wide margin.[48] Australia is a member of the APEC, G20, OECD and WTO. The country has also entered into free trade agreements with ASEAN, Canada, Chile, China, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the United States.[49][50][51] The ANZCERTA agreement with New Zealand has greatly increased integration with the economy of New Zealand.[52]
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Australia is a mixed market economy
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China is by far Australia's largest trading partner, accounting for 39.4% of goods exports and 17.6% of services exports between 2019 and 2020, research firm Capital Economics said.
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