International rankings of Australia

The following are international rankings of Australia.

International rankings of Australia   ^[+/−]
Organisation	Survey	Year	Rank	Out of (countries)	Ref	Notes
A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy magazine	Globalization Index  (website)
		2007	13	72
		2006	8	62
		2005	13	62
CIA World Factbook	life expectancy  (website)
		2008	6*	221		*rank by UN member state
The Legatum Institute	Prosperity Index  (website)
		2008	1	104
		2007	11	50
Economist Intelligence Unit	Quality-of-Life Index  (website)
		2005	6	111
New Economics Foundation	Happy Planet Index  (website)
		2009	102	143
		2006	139	178
Yale University / Columbia University	Environmental Performance Index  (website)
		2008	46	149
		2006	20	133
		2005	13	146
The Heritage Foundation / The Wall Street Journal	Index of Economic Freedom  (website)
		2008	4	162
		2007	3	157
		2006	9	161		tied with New Zealand and the United States
World Bank	Ease of Doing Business Index  (website)
		2009	9	181
		2008	9	178
IMD International	World Competitiveness Yearbook  (website)
		2008	7	55
		2007	6	55
		2006	6	61
Weber Shandwick / FutureBrand	Country Brand Index
		2008	1	100
		2007	1	100
		2006	1	60
Simon Anholt / GfK Roper	Nation Brands Index  (website)
		2008	9	50
		2007	8	35
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)  (website)
		2006	→	57		rank 7 in science and ability to use scientific knowledge; rank 4 in reading literacy; rank 13 in mathematics
		2003	→	41		rank 5 in science (tied with Liechtenstein and Macau); rank 4 in reading literacy; rank 7 in mathematics
		2000	→	43		rank 5 in reading literacy; rank 5 in mathematics
United Nations	Education Index  (website)
		2008	1	176		tied with Denmark, Finland and New Zealand
Economist Intelligence Unit / IBM Institute for Business Value	E-readiness  (website)
		2008	4	70		tied with Denmark
		2007	9	68
		2006	8	68
Reporters Without Borders	Worldwide Press Freedom Index  (website)
		2008	25	169
		2007	28	168
		2006	35	167		tied with Bulgaria, France and Mali
Save the Children	State of the World's Mothers
		2008	6	146
		2007	5	140
		2006	7	125		tied with the Netherlands
Economist Intelligence Unit	Global Peace Index  (website)
		2009	19	144
		2008	27	140
		2007	25	121
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index  (website)
		2008	9	180		tied with Canada
		2007	11	179
		2006	9	163		tied with the Netherlands
Center for Global Development	Commitment to Development Index  (website)
		2008	7	22
		2007	9	22
		2006	10	22
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Human Development Index  (website)
		2008	4	179
		2007–2008	3	177
		2006	3	177
		2005	3	177
Milken Institute	Opacity Index
		2008	4	48		tied with Sweden
		2006	7	46
World Economic Forum	Soundness of Banks
		2009	2	134		tied with Denmark, Luxembourg and Sweden
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Index (Global Competitiveness Report) (website)
		2008–2009	18	134
		2007–2008	14	131
		2006–2007	19	125
The Economist	Democracy Index  (website)
		2008	10	167
		2006	8	150
Fund for Peace	Failed States Index  (website)
		2009	170	177		sustainable
		2008	169	177		sustainable
		2007	169	177		sustainable