Australia
Download Report Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 24,992,369 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.33% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 1,430,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 1.67% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 51,545 |
Performance Overview
IS03
AUS
Country
Australia
Score
74.8
Rank
13
Technology
70.7
People
71.66
Governance
85.68
Impact
71.17
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 80.25 | 25 |
| 2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 94.04 | 2 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 85.19 | 32 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 99 | 24 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 92.8 | 28 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 69.67 | 55 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Mobile apps development | 86.15 | 16 |
| 3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 1.81 | 29 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 76.11 | 27 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 62.87 | 24 |
| 3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 40.36 | 63 |
| 4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 52.99 | 21 |
| 5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 27.27 | 30 |
| 6. Robot density | 21.92 | 24 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 34.38 | 55 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 31.66 | 27 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 22.23 | 22 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 60.01 | 16 |
| 1. Happiness | 85.81 | 12 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 89.72 | 21 |
| 3. Income inequality | 71.58 | 53 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 88.28 | 9 |
| 1. Access to basic services | 99.97 | 8 |
| 2. Pollution | 98.36 | 8 |
| 3. Road safety | 90.94 | 17 |
| 4. Reading proficiency in schools | 95.2 | 18 |
| 5. Maths proficiency in schools | 71.13 | 22 |
| 5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
| 1. Internet users | 85.41 | 25 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 53.66 | 9 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 71.93 | 18 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 82.72 | 2 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Firms with website | 76.29 | 24 |
| 2. Internet shopping | 86.81 | 10 |
| 3. Professionals | 57.45 | 17 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 56.44 | 31 |
| 5. Extent of staff training | 74.48 | 14 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 26.08 | 21 |
| 1. Government online services | 96.92 | 7 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 81.15 | 6 |
| 3.ICT use and government efficiency | 58.6 | 35 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 77.8 | 10 |
| 1. Rule of law | 92.45 | 14 |
| 2. Software piracy rate | 95.95 | 5 |
| 3. Secure Internet servers | 88.74 | 15 |
| 4. Cybersecurity | 95.5 | 11 |
| 5. Online trust and safety | 61.34 | 53 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 93.91 | 5 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 90.18 | 14 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 64.14 | 25 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
| 5. Social safety net protection | 87.17 | 12 |
| 6. ICT regulatory environment | 96.72 | 8 |
| 1. E-Participation | 98.08 | 5 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 96.86 | 10 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 81.16 | 23 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 64.91 | 29 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 66.79 | 63 |