Summary
"PESTLE Insights: Macroeconomic Outlook Report - Australia", identifies the potentials of Australia as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
Four major regions in Australia generated around 58.6% of the country’s GDP and comprised 57.9% of the country’s population in 2016.
Scope
- Australia ranked 12th out of 136 nations in the GCRI Q3 2017. The country’s score is in the very low risk nations band
- As per World Bank's logistics performance index (LPI), Australia’s rank declined from 16th in 2014 to 19th in 2016. Country’s index score has fell from 3.81 in 2014 to 3.79 in 2016.
- The Australian government as per budget 2018, plans to spend US$75 bn over 10 years on the development and modernization of infrastructure
Reasons to buy
- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 02
List of Exhibits 03
Did you Know? 04
Country Highlights 05
Country Snapshot 07
Country’s Position in GCRI (GlobalData Country Risk Index) 10
PESTLE Insights 20
Political Landscape 21
Economic Landscape 22
Social Landscape 29
Technological Landscape 32
Legal Landscape 35
Environmental Landscape 36
Outlook 37
List of Tables
EXHIBIT 1: Australia’s Performance in Country Risk Analysis in Comparison to Asia Pacific Average and World Average 11
Exhibit 2: Performance Overview (Score: 1-100) 11
Exhibit 3: Broad Categories and Weights behind the Index 12
EXHIBIT 4: ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) - Index 14
Exhibit 5: Key Sectors Contribution to the Economy 15
EXHIBIT 6: FDI Inflows, FDI by Country and FDI by Sector’s Share 16
Exhibit 7: Key Infrastructure Indicators 19
Exhibit 8: Real GDP and Household Consumption Growth Rate 23
Exhibit 9: Real GDP Growth Rate Comparison (2016) 23
Exhibit 10: Export, Import and Trade Balance 24
Exhibit 11: Current Account Balance 24
Exhibit 12: Top Three Commodity Exports, % of Total Exports, 2012-2016 25
Exhibit 13: Total Value of Ores, Slag and Ash Thereof Export as % of World Export, 2016 25
Exhibit 14: Interest Rates 27
Exhibit 15: Exchange Rate 27
Exhibit 16: Public Finance 28
Exhibit 17: General Government Debt 28
Exhibit 18: Earning Per Person (Weekly) , 2012-17 30
Exhibit 19: Employment/Unemployment 30
Exhibit 20: Wage Index 30
Exhibit 21: Age-group Wise Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 22: Rural/Urban Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 23: Gender-wise Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 24: Internet Users % of Total Population, Mobile Penetration Rate and Broadband Penetration Rate, 2016 33
Exhibit 25: Number of Patents Granted Per M Inhabitants, 2015 34
EXHIBIT 26: Gross Domestic Spending on R&D, 2015 34
Exhibit 27: Doing Business in Australia 2018 35
Exhibit 28: Corruption Perception Index (Rankings) 2016 35
Exhibit 29: CO2 Emissions 36
List of Figures
EXHIBIT 1: Australia’s Performance in Country Risk Analysis in Comparison to Asia Pacific Average and World Average 11
Exhibit 2: Performance Overview (Score: 1-100) 11
Exhibit 3: Broad Categories and Weights behind the Index 12
EXHIBIT 4: ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) - Index 14
Exhibit 5: Key Sectors Contribution to the Economy 15
EXHIBIT 6: FDI Inflows, FDI by Country and FDI by Sector’s Share 16
Exhibit 7: Key Infrastructure Indicators 19
Exhibit 8: Real GDP and Household Consumption Growth Rate 23
Exhibit 9: Real GDP Growth Rate Comparison (2016) 23
Exhibit 10: Export, Import and Trade Balance 24
Exhibit 11: Current Account Balance 24
Exhibit 12: Top Three Commodity Exports, % of Total Exports, 2012-2016 25
Exhibit 13: Total Value of Ores, Slag and Ash Thereof Export as % of World Export, 2016 25
Exhibit 14: Interest Rates 27
Exhibit 15: Exchange Rate 27
Exhibit 16: Public Finance 28
Exhibit 17: General Government Debt 28
Exhibit 18: Earning Per Person (Weekly) , 2012-17 30
Exhibit 19: Employment/Unemployment 30
Exhibit 20: Wage Index 30
Exhibit 21: Age-group Wise Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 22: Rural/Urban Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 23: Gender-wise Share in Total Population 31
Exhibit 24: Internet Users % of Total Population, Mobile Penetration Rate and Broadband Penetration Rate, 2016 33
Exhibit 25: Number of Patents Granted Per M Inhabitants, 2015 34
EXHIBIT 26: Gross Domestic Spending on R&D, 2015 34
Exhibit 27: Doing Business in Australia 2018 35
Exhibit 28: Corruption Perception Index (Rankings) 2016 35
Exhibit 29: CO2 Emissions 36
