| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Rank |
| Population (million) |
19.9 |
20.1 |
20.3 |
20.6 |
21.0 |
i |
| Economic organizations |
APEC; IMF; OECD; WTO |
|
|
|
| National currency (NC) |
Australian dollar |
|
|
|
|
| Exchange rate (NC in €) |
0.5754 |
0.5915 |
0.6127 |
0.6000 |
0.6117 |
|
| Exchange rate (NC in US$) |
0.6509 |
0.7358 |
0.7623 |
0.7533 |
0.8383 |
|
| Inflation rate |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2.7% |
3.5% |
2.3% |
i |
| GDP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GDP (billion US$) |
546 |
660 |
739 |
788 |
946 |
i |
| GDP (per capita in US$) |
27461 |
32843 |
36395 |
38250 |
45016 |
i |
| GDP growth rate |
4.0% |
2.8% |
3.0% |
3.2% |
3.9% |
i |
| GDP (composition by sector): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Agriculture |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
|
| Industry |
26% |
27% |
28% |
28% |
28% |
|
| Services |
71% |
70% |
69% |
70% |
69% |
|
| GDP (by type of expenditure): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Household consumption |
59% |
58% |
57% |
56% |
55% |
|
| Government consumption |
18% |
18% |
18% |
18% |
18% |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation |
25% |
26% |
27% |
27% |
27% |
|
| Trade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
70 |
86 |
106 |
123 |
139 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
84 |
104 |
119 |
133 |
156 |
i |
| Public debt (billion US$) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
120 |
127 |
148 |
i |
| Public debt (share of GDP) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
16% |
16% |
16% |
i |
| Unemployment rate |
5.9% |
5.4% |
5.1% |
4.8% |
4.4% |
i |
| Average working hours (per year) |
1730 |
1728 |
1719 |
1714 |
n.a. |
|
| Energy (billion KWh): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electricity production |
n.a. |
237 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
244 |
i |
| Electricity consumption |
n.a. |
221 |
n.a. |
220 |
n.a. |
i |
| Crude oil and natural gas: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Natural gas reserves (billion m³) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
849.5 |
i |
| Natural gas production (billion m³) |
35.6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
43.6 |
i |
| Natural gas consumption (billion m³) |
25.1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
29.4 |
i |
| Crude oil reserves (billion barrel) |
3.7 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1.5 |
i |
| Crude oil production (bpd) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
530000 |
n.a. |
600000 |
i |
| Crude oil consumption (bpd) |
875600 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
966200 |
i |
| Raw materials: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mineral resources |
bauxite; lead; diamonds; iron ore; natural gas; crude oil; gold; coal; copper; nickel; silver; uranium; tungsten; zinc; tin |
|
| Agricultural resources |
beef; sheep; poultry; barley; fruit; wheat; sugar cane |
|
| Organic and inorganic chemicals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
2.8 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
2.3 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
i |
| Plastic and rubber: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
3.6 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
6.3 |
i |
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