| Governance Indices | Australia | Oceania | ||
| Freedom House Indices {a}, 2001 | ||||
| Level of Freedom (free, partly free, not free) | Free | |||
| Political Rights (1=most free, 7=least free) | 1 | |||
| Civil Liberties (1=most free, 7=least free) | 1 | |||
| Partly Free, 61-100=Not Free) | 10 | |||
| Polity IV Indices, 2000 | ||||
| strongly autocratic, +10 fully democratic) | 10 | |||
| Level of Political Competition {a} | 5 Competitive | |||
| Transparency International Indices | ||||
| (10=least corrupt, 0=most corrupt) | 8 | |||
| Civil Society | ||||
| Number of international non-governmental | ||||
| organizations (NGOs), 2000 | 3702 | 8701 | ||
| NGOs per million population, 2000 | 196 | 291 | ||
| Number of formally committed muni- | ||||
| cipalities to Local Agenda 21, 2001 | 176 | 213 | ||
| Agenda 21 national reporting status, 2002 | pending | |||
| Government Expenditures and Financial Flows | ||||
| Development Assistance as a percent | ||||
| of government expenditures, 1995-97 {c} | X | X | ||
| Govt. Expenditures as a percent of GDP | ||||
| Military, 2000 | 1.7 % | X | ||
| Public health, 1997 | 5.7 % | 5.7 % | ||
| Public education, 1996-1998 {c} | 4.8 % | 5.1 % | ||
| Foreign Direct Investment, net | ||||
| inflows, 2000 (million current $US) | 11528 | 14898 | ||
| Total Debt Service, | ||||
| 1997 (million current $US) | X | X | ||
| Development Assistance per capita, | ||||
| 1997 (current $US) | X | X | ||
| Access to Information and Technology | ||||
| Number of Internet hosts, 2000 | 1615939 | 1974021 | ||
| Number per 1,000 population of: | ||||
| Internet Users, 2001 {d} | 372 | 250 | ||
| Phone Lines, 2001 {d} | 520 | 398 | ||
| Mobile Phone Subscriptions, 2001 {d} | 578 | 353 | ||
| Radios receivers, 1997-2000 {c} | 1908 | 1065 | ||
| Television Sets, 2000 | 738 | 539 | ||
| Status of Freedom of Information | ||||
| (FOIA) legislation, 2002 {e}: | in effect | |||
| Footnotes: | ||||
| a. Freedom House is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization that advocates for American-style leadership in international affairs; the organization conducts extensive research about | ||||
| the level and nature of freedom and civil liberties around the world. | ||||
| b. Index values range from 0 to 5, as follows: (0) Not Applicable, (1) Repressed, (2) Suppressed, (3) Factional, (4) Transitional, and (5) Competitive. | ||||
| c. Data are for the most recent year available in the range of years listed. | ||||
| d. Some regional data for Oceania and Sub-Saharan Africa are for the year 2000, not 2001. | ||||
| e. An 'X' indicates either that data are not available or that no Freedom of Information Legislation exists for this country. | ||||
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