Australia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Australia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.864 → 0.946 (+0.082)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth80.8 → 83 (+2.2)

Internet users66 → 96 (+30)

Urban population86 → 88 (+2)

Births per woman1.81 → 1.48 (-0.33)

Renewable share of energy7 → 12 (+6)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality5 → 3 (-2)

CO2 emissions per person19 → 14.1 (-4.9)

Forest area17 → 17 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.864	77.0	—	—	1.90	8	100	8	16.3	17.4	—	—
1991	0.866	77.3	1	85	1.85	8	100	7	16.2	17.4	—	—
1992	0.868	77.4	2	85	1.89	8	100	7	16.2	17.4	—	—
1993	0.873	77.9	2	85	1.86	9	100	6	16.3	17.4	—	—
1994	0.873	77.9	2	85	1.84	8	100	6	16.4	17.3	—	—
1995	0.882	77.8	3	85	1.82	8	100	6	16.8	17.3	—	—
1996	0.884	78.1	3	85	1.80	9	100	6	17.2	17.3	—	—
1997	0.887	78.5	16	85	1.78	9	100	5	17.5	17.2	—	—
1998	0.891	78.6	31	85	1.76	9	100	5	18.4	17.2	—	—
1999	0.894	78.9	41	85	1.76	9	100	5	18.5	17.2	—	—
2000	0.896	79.2	47	85	1.76	8	100	5	18.6	17.2	—	—
2001	0.900	79.6	53	85	1.74	8	100	5	18.7	17.1	—	—
2002	0.902	79.9	—	85	1.76	9	100	5	18.9	17.1	—	—
2003	0.906	80.2	—	85	1.75	7	100	5	18.7	17.1	—	—
2004	0.908	80.5	—	86	1.77	7	100	5	19.2	17.0	—	—
2005	0.911	80.8	63	86	1.81	7	100	5	19.0	17.0	—	—
2006	0.914	81.0	66	86	1.91	7	100	5	19.1	17.0	36659	34890
2007	0.916	81.3	69	86	1.96	7	100	5	19.2	16.9	41128	36708
2008	0.920	81.4	72	86	1.98	7	100	4	19.0	16.9	49811	37616
2009	0.922	81.5	74	86	1.97	7	100	4	18.9	16.9	42955	40434
2010	0.924	81.7	76	86	1.93	8	100	4	18.9	16.9	52314	39504
2011	0.927	81.9	79	86	1.93	8	100	4	18.5	17.0	62799	42153
2012	0.931	82.0	79	86	1.92	8	100	4	18.2	17.1	68301	43007
2013	0.929	82.2	83	87	1.86	9	100	4	17.5	17.1	68477	46123
2014	0.931	82.3	84	87	1.83	9	100	3	16.9	17.2	62817	47109
2015	0.933	82.4	85	87	1.81	9	100	3	16.8	17.3	56970	46465
2016	0.936	82.5	87	87	1.75	10	100	3	16.9	17.4	50084	47446
2017	0.937	82.5	87	87	1.74	10	100	3	16.7	17.4	54118	48565
2018	0.941	82.8	90	87	1.74	10	100	3	16.4	17.4	57410	50371
2019	0.941	82.9	94	87	1.66	10	100	3	16.1	17.4	55195	52886
2020	0.948	83.2	95	87	1.58	11	100	3	15.3	17.4	51983	54184
2021	0.949	83.3	97	87	1.70	12	100	3	15.0	17.4	60759	58327
2022	0.946	83.2	96	87	1.63	—	100	3	14.5	17.4	65170	66103
2023	—	83.0	96	87	1.50	—	100	3	14.2	17.4	65058	72273
2024	—	83.0	96	88	1.48	—	100	3	14.1	—	64610	72118
2025	—	—	—	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	65130	71934
Profile shows	0.946	83.1	96	88	1.48	12	—	—	14.1	17.4	65130	71934

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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