Development Ledger · Asia-Pacific
Australia
HDI rank 7 of 193High incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.958
+0.091 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.873
8.9% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
83.9 yrs
Expected schooling 20.7 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$58,277
Mean schooling 12.9 yrs
HDI over Time
Australia against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.983
Education0.930
Income0.962
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.77. A child born today will be 77% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Australia against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.