About Australia...
Australia has a market economy with high GDP per capita and low rate of poverty. The Australian dollar is the currency for the nation, including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu. After the 2006 merger of the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange is now the ninth largest in the world.
Ranked third in the Index of Economic Freedom (2010), Australia is the world's thirteenth largest economy and has the ninth highest per capita GDP; higher than that of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Japan, and the United States. The country was ranked second in the United Nations 2010 Human Development Index and first in Legatum's 2008 Prosperity Index. All of Australia's major cities fare well in global comparative liveability surveys; Melbourne reached second place on The Economist's 2008 World's Most Livable Cities list, followed by Perth, Adelaide, and Sydney in fourth, seventh and ninth place respectively. Total government debt in Australia is about $190 billion. Australia has amongst the highest house prices and some of the highest household debt levels in the world.
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| Exports To Australia Facts |
| Location: |
Oceania |
| Coordinates: |
27 00 S, 133 00 E |
| Int. Dialing Code: |
00 61 |
| Currency: |
Australian dollars (AUD) |
| Language: |
English 78.5% |
| Area: |
7,741,220 sq km |
| Capital City: |
Canberra |
| Population: |
21,766,711 (July 2011 est.) |
| Population Ranking: |
55 |
| Employment: |
94.9% |
| Inflation: |
2.9% (2010 est.) |
| GDP: |
$882.4 billion (2010 est.) |
| GDP Ranking: |
18 |
| GDP Growth: |
2.7% (2010 est.) |
| Internet Users: |
15.81 million (2009) |
| Television Stations: |
100's |
| Phone Lines: |
9.02 million (2009) |
| Mobile Phones: |
24.22 million (2009) |
| Major Industry: |
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel |
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