Economy
Economic information
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita / 51 704 (US$ per capita)
Real GDP growth / 2.80 (% change year over year [yoy])
Inflation / 2.10 (% change yoy)
/ Public expenditure on health / 8.50 (% of GDP)
Education expenditure / 5.40 (% of GDP)
Unemployment rate / 8.10 (% of total labour force)
Major imports
Major Australian imports from United States:
Goods vehicles / 1 713 000 000 (A$)
Civil engineering equipment and parts / 1 539 000 000 (A$)
Passenger motor vehicles / 1 258 000 000 (A$)
Medicaments (including veterinary) / 962 000 000 (A$)
United States’s major import sources:
China (1st) / 18.70%
Canada (2nd) / 14.30%
Mexico (3rd) / 12.20%
Australia (36th) / 0.40%
Major exports
Major Australian exports to United States:
Beef / 971 000 000 (A$)
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts / 594 000 000 (A$)
Alcoholic beverages / 485 000 000 (A$)
Meat (excluding beef) / 419 000 000 (A$)
United States’s major export sources:
Canada (1st) / 18.90%
Mexico (2nd) / 14.00%
China (3rd) / 7.20%
Australia (11th) / 2.00%
United States
Economy / Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
July 2014
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Credits
The G20 interactive map and resources were developed using information from the following sources (using the most recent data available at the time of publication):
· Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) 2013, country fact sheets, www.dfat.gov.au.
· The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2014, statistics, www.oecd.org.
· The World Bank 2014, data by country, http://data.worldbank.org/country.
· Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 2014, World Fact Book, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook.
United StatesEconomy / Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
July 2014
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