Saturday, September 06, 2008

Economy of Australia (from wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Australia

Economy of Australia
Currency Australian Dollar ($A or A$, AU$ or $AU, AUD)
Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
Trade organisations APEC, WTO and OECD
Statistics
GDP (PPP) around A$1 trillion (2007-2008) (17th)
GDP growth 2.7% (2nd Quarter 2008) [1]
GDP per capita $32,900 (2006 est.)
GDP by sector agriculture: 3.8% industry: 26.2% services: 70% (2005 est.)
Inflation (CPI) 4.5% (Q4 2007/08) [2]
Population
below poverty line
NA%
Gini index 30.5 (2000) [3]
Labour force 10.66 million (2006 est.)
Labour force
by occupation
agriculture (3.6%), mining (1.1%), industry (20.2%), services (75.1%) (May 2005 est.)
Unemployment 4.3% (July 2008) [4]
Main industries mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
External
Exports A$215.8 billion (2006-2007) [5]
Export goods coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Main export partners Japan 20.3%, China 11.5%, South Korea 7.9%, US 6.7%, New Zealand 6.5%, India 5% (2005)
Imports A$227.8 billion (2006-2007) [6]
Import goods machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Main import partners US 13.9%, China 13.7%, Japan 11%, Singapore 5.6%, Germany 5.6% (2005)
Public finances
Public debt $585.1 billion
Revenues A$319.46 billion (2008-2009)
Expenses A$292.47 billion (2008-2009)
Economic aid donor: ODA, $2.5 billion (2005/06 Budget) [7]
Main data source: CIA World Factbook
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars

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