International rankings of Australia

Overview of international rankings of Australia

This is a list of Australia's international rankings on a range of social, economic and other criteria.

International rankings

Further information: List of international rankings

Note: Below each survey uses a limited number of countries/region's for its assessments, see "Measurement(s)" for number variables.

Organization	Survey	Rank	Measurement(s)/Notes	Year
U.S. News & World Report	Most Transparent Countries	12	Measures government open practices, its trustworthiness and low levels of perceived political corruption in the 80 most developed countries	2022
U.S. News & World Report	Best Countries report	7	Measures adventure, agility, cultural Influence, entrepreneurship, heritage, political and individual freedom, social purpose and quality of life in the 80 most developed countries.	2022
Anholt-Ipsos	Nation branding	10	Measures national competence, governance, immigration and investment, people; exports, tourism and culture in the 50 most developed countries	2022
Fund for Peace	Fragile States Index	5	Measures risk and vulnerability of individuals of 179 countries	2022
U.S. News & World Report	Agility	5	Measures Individuals, businesses and governments adaptability to change in the 80 most developed countries	2022
U.S. News & World Report	Best Countries for Education	9	Measures quality of education in the 80 most developed countries	2022
State of World Liberty Project	State of World Liberty Index	4	Degree of economic and personal freedoms of 183 countries	2021
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	OECD Better Life Index	2	Measures wellbeing, environmental quality, quality of public services and security of the 36 most developed countries:	2020
International Comparisons (OECD)	Social justice	4	Arithmetic average of individual indicators of a "Just society" of the 40 most developed countries:	2020
U.S. News & World Report	Social Purpose	9	Measures social progressiveness, inclusiveness and committed to social justice in the 80 most developed countries	2022
OECD	Tertiary education	1	Based on those 25- to 64-year-olds having completed tertiary education of the 50 most developed countries:	2019
The Economist	Democracy Index	15	Measures pluralism, civil liberties and political culture of 167 countries	2020
United Nations	Good Country Index	11	Measure how much each country contributes to the planet and to the human race, relative to its size (measured in GDP) of 125 countries	2020
Social Progress Imperative	Social Progress Index	6	Measures well-being of a society of 132 countries	2021
The Economist	Global Food Security Index	22	Measures food affordability, availability, quality, safety, sustainability and adaptation of 109 countries	2022
The Heritage Foundation	Index of Economic Freedom	13	Based on the rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency and open markets of 178 countries	2021
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Index	13	Measures overall peacefulness of 162 countries	2021
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	13	Based on public sector corruption of 175 countries & territories	2021
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network	World Happiness Report	12	Based on (quality of) life factors of 156 countries	2021
Georgetown University	Women, Peace and Security Index	24	Measures women's well-being—inclusion (economic, social, political); justice (formal laws and informal discrimination); and security (at the family, community, and societal levels)	2021
Travel Safe - Abroad	Safest countries Index	15	Measures public safety based on the number of incidents including mugging, drugs, violent crimes, bribery, property crimes, stolen vehicles, religion, and racial tolerance of 163 countries	2022
Theglobaleconomy.com	Public services index	24	Measures quality of public services of 177 countries	2022
International Institute for Management Development	Most competitive economies	19	Economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment and healthcare / education of the 67 most developed countries	2019
Reporters Without Borders	Press Freedom Index	13	Level of freedom available to journalists of 180 countries	2021
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Index	16	Measures level of prosperity of citizens of 144 economies	2019
Legatum	Prosperity Index	15	Measures wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life of 167 countries	2021
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	5	Based on life expectancy, education, and per capita income of 187 countries. Note: Norway has been ranked the highest sixteen times, Canada eight times, Japan and Iceland twice and Switzerland once. See Human Development Index#Past top countries	2021
World Intellectual Property Organization	Global Innovation Index	17	Measures success in innovation of 133 countries	2024
World Population Foundation	Best Countries To Live	5	Measures equality among genders, literacy, average life expectancy, and financial stability of 146 countries	2022
Yale and Columbia Universities	Environmental Performance Index.	13	Environmental performance of 178 countries	2020
World Bank	Ease of doing business index	14	Regulatory environment of 189 countries	2021

Freedom assessments

Further information: List of freedom indices

The freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations publishes assessments of political rights and civil liberties for countries around the world.

Index	Scale
Freedom in the World	free		partly free			not free
Index of Economic Freedom	free	mostly free		moderately free	mostly unfree		repressed
Press Freedom Index	good situation	satisfactory situation		noticeable problems	difficult situation		very serious situation
Democracy Index	full democracy	flawed democracy		hybrid regime	authoritarian regime		authoritarian regime

International rankings

Freedom assessments

Maps of indices

References

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