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General profile: Australia

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
26.451 Millions
..
1 775 628 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 7 692 020 km²
5.59 %
1.43 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-10.0 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
106 097
212 634
187 684
371 407
Merchandise imports
125 281
201 639
208 501
287 406
Merchandise trade balance
-19 184
10 995
-20 817
84 001
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
9 %9 %8 %8 %30 %30 %39 %39 %13 %13 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
142 06756 28426 82716 95914 502142 06756 28426 82716 95914 502
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
32 383
52 271
55 183
(e) 73 724
Services imports
33 333
57 569
64 004
(e) 83 786
Services trade balance
-950
-5 297
-8 821
(e) -10 062
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
17.4
11.3
9.2
(e) 6.8
Travel
56.9
62.3
62.1
(e) 61.4
Other services
25.5
26.2
28.6
(e) 31.8
TRADE INDICES
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1801911751431471331241071001081091061141018292767117218116413113011911610010011111912313512111011810398
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.4 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
763 349
1 301 240
1 245 531
1 775 628
GDP per capita, current US$
37 614
58 769
52 010
67 129
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.76
2.41
2.76
1.43
Current account balance, % of GDP
-5.68
-3.53
-4.59
0.26
Exchange rate (/US$)
1.309
1.090
1.331
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
50.321.324.026.822.450.321.324.026.822.4
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.5 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
-28 294.65
36 795.52
29 580.27
29 873.95
FDI outflows
-35 783.18
19 803.52
-9 337.46
9 822.01
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.12
0.14
0.17
0.09
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
1 636.01 307.0936.41 197.31 762.61 867.92 001.92 056.82 174.72 329.72 461.12 440.62 449.31 864.51 334.61 526.01 341.91 014.8940.4824.7651.6465.7486.7518.329 87463 36623 85514 16238 53667 56946 11648 40229 58058 50756 76659 57458 93236 79631 89346 90641 48026 314-28 29539 6126 33914 2467 82514 191FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
-1.97
0.47
-2.25
(e) 4.15
Balance, % of imports
-9.77
2.36
-10.35
(e) 19.80
Normalized balance
-0.051
0.012
-0.055
(e) 0.090
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
46473938464441394142414142404046404138
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 87%Urban 87%Rural 13%Rural 13%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.114 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
2 376
2 171
1 938
2 593
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
6 451 689
7 731 627
9 291 164
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
1.61
0.95
1.39
0.82
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
11.37
9.82
9.70
8.10
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 15 April 2025