Oceania
Australia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Australia's #2 import source (world lens). Australia is the EU's #60 goods supplier.
Australia on the world stage
Total imports
$296.5bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$340.9bn
213 partners
#1 import source
China
25.5%
#1 export dest.
China
30.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Australia and the EU
EU imports from
€10.3bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€37.0bn
1.4% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #60 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 3.58
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
75
EUR/MWh
Consumer
198
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
552
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
38%
of generation
Wholesale 53 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (NEM + SWIS)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
AER (Australian Energy Regulator) + AEMC (rule-maker)
The oldest coal fleet in the developed world is retiring faster than replacement transmission and firming can be built. Transmission constraints between renewable energy zones and demand centres delay integration, while…
Tracked infrastructure
96 gas plants
14.6 GW · 1 building
53 coal plants
22.8 GW
109 wind farms
11.4 GW · 23 building
102 solar farms
10.8 GW · 16 building
25 hydro plants
7.4 GW · 2 building
3 steel plants
4,400 ktpa
93 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
596
159 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
69
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Iron, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
state EPA open data (WA, QLD, NSW)
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (46)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
38
→ 42 by 2050
Fertility
1.64
below replacement
Working-age
64.4%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
27.5
→ 39.5 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 26.7M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +22% (32.5M)