Australia's gni per capita rose from US$20.6k in 1996 to US$64.1k in 2025.
Australia · Income & inequality
Living standards, poverty and distribution.
10 indicators · 7 with data
Income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
current international $
20th of 181 · 4th in East Asia & Pacific
Australia's gni per capita, ppp (current international $) rose from intl $21.4k in 1996 to intl $69.9k in 2025.
Household consumption per capita (constant 2015 US$)
constant 2015 US$
4th of 129 · 1st in East Asia & Pacific
Australia's household consumption per capita (constant 2015 us$) rose from US$21.2k in 1996 to US$33.6k in 2025.
Inequality
Gini index
index (0 = perfect equality, 100 = perfect inequality)
34th of 70 · 3rd in East Asia & Pacific*
Australia's gini index rose from 31.3 in 1981 to 33.8 in 2020.
Australia's income share held by highest 10% rose from 23.3 % in 1981 to 25.9 % in 2020.
Australia's income share held by lowest 20% fell from 7.7 % in 1981 to 7.2 % in 2020.
Poverty
Australia's extreme poverty fell from 1.1 % in 1981 to 0.9 % in 2020.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Australia.