| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $571.4 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $29,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.5%
industry: 26.3%
services: 70.2% (2003 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.8% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
10.19 million (37256) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 5%, industry 22%, services 73% (1997 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $185 billion
expenditures: $181 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.1% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
198.2 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 90.8%
hydro: 8.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.9% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
184.4 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry |
| Exports : |
$68.67 billion (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment |
| Exports - Partners : |
Japan 18.1%, US 8.7%, China 8.4%, South Korea 7.4%, New Zealand 7.4%, UK 6.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$82.91 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 16%, Japan 12.5%, China 11%, Germany 6.1%, UK 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$233.5 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $894 million (FY99/00) |
| Currency : |
Australian dollar (AUD) |
| Currency Code : |
AUD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000), 1.55 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
