The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- composition by sector:

      agriculture: 4%

      industry: 24.8%

      services: 71.2% (2010 est.)

      Labor force:

      11.62 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 44

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 3.6%

      industry: 21.1%

      services: 75% (2009 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      5.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 46 5.6% (2009 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 2%

      highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      30.5 (2006) country comparison to the world: 110 35.2 (1994)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      27.4% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

      Public debt:

      22.4% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 22.1% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      2.9% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 1.8% (2009 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      4% (31 March 2010) country comparison to the world: 106 4.25% (3 December 2008)

      note: this is the Reserve Bank of Australia's "cash rate target," or policy rate

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      6.02% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 105 8.91% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $347.1 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 13 $290.8 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $1.134 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 15 $976.6 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $1.731 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 $1.407 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $1.258 trillion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 13 $675.6 billion (31 December 2008)

      $1.298 trillion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry

      Industries:

      mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel

      Industrial production growth rate:

      3% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 104

      Electricity - production:

      239.9 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

      Electricity - consumption:

      222 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      589,200 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

      Oil - consumption:

      946,300 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

      Oil - exports:

      311,900 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 39

      Oil - imports:

      716,700 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

      Oil - proved reserves:

      3.318 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

      Natural gas - production:

      42.33 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

      Natural gas - consumption:

      26.59 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

      Natural gas - exports:

      22.3 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 10

      Natural gas - imports:

      6.56 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      3.115 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12

      Current account balance:

      -$35.23 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 182 -$41.33 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $210.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 21 $154.8 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment

      Exports - partners:

      China 21.81%, Japan 19.19%, South Korea 7.88%, India 7.51%, US 4.95%, UK 4.37%, NZ 4.1% (2009)

      Imports:

      $200.4 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 21 $160.4 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products

      Imports - partners:

      China 17.94%, US 11.26%, Japan 8.36%, Thailand 5.81%, Singapore 5.54%, Germany 5.3% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $38.62 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 30 $41.74 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $1.169 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $1.094 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $329.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $295.9 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $245.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17 $221.1 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.1151 (2010), 1.2822 (2009), 1.2059 (2008), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006)

      Communications ::Australia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      9.02 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 24

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      24.22 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 37