Social Development in Australia

160 indicators covering social development for Australia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 31 2025 177th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 194th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 193rd
Political Rights Score 39 2025 down 2.5% 9th
Freedom Score 94 2025 down 4.1% 22nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 82,925 2025 up 299.6% 19th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.003 units per person 2025 up 244.6% 23rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 201.5% 72nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -62.65 % change on previous year 2025 up 37.3% 178th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -9.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 176.6% 107th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.859 2025 down 7.2% 26th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.954 2025 down 2.7% 27th
Political Corruption Index 0.029 2025 down 25.6% 164th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.029 2025 down 25.6% 164th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.07 2024 down 19.2% 50th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,258.3% 192nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0107 units per square kilometre 2023 up 510.9% 97th
LGBT+ Rights Index 9.57 2019 up 75.9% 17th
Forcibly displaced people 116,340 2025 up 101.7% 76th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 125 years 2025 up 8.7% 2nd
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 77 2024 down 3.8% 10th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.51 2024 up 0.5% 33rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 10.04 2024 up 0.9% 21st
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.5586 2024 down 18.1% 100th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0888 2024 up 48.5% 154th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.92 2025 down 5.4% 15th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.92 2025 down 5.4% 15th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 31.7% 2024 down 19.0% 126th
Homicide rate 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 19.0% 140th
Homicides 226 homicides 2023 down 7.8% 77th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 19.0% 140th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.8544 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 19.0% 139th
Age of electoral democracy 168 years 2025 up 6.3% 2nd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.793 2020 down 21.1% 23rd
Homicides 235 deaths 2023 down 5.2% 37th
Child homicide rate 0.2362 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 42.2% 74th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.6908 2020 down 46.6% 32nd
Homicide rate 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 17.8% 71st
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.8822 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 17.8% 71st
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 236.54 deaths 2021 down 9.8% 105th
Homicide rate 0.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.2% 168th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 0.9091 2021 down 22.5% 161st
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 2.08 million 2030 down 20.7% 56th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 9.93 2030 down 3.1% 37th