Australia - The Venture Capital & Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index

Australia
Rank: 9 · Score: 81.9

Basic facts
Population (millions)	26.0	IPOs and pulic issues (quartile)	Top
GDP (US$ billions)	1,692.7	M&A volume (quartile)	Top
GDP per capita (US$)	65,155.4	Venture capital investments (quartile)	Top
GDP growth (per cent)	1.6	Private equity investments (quartile)	Top

Performance Overview

Indicator		Rank / 125	Rank Trend	Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index		9	119, 117, 116, 117, 116	81.9
1	Economic Activity	9	108, 115, 106, 116, 116	89.2

119, 118, 118, 118, 117

85.9

38, 38, 34, 31, 31

73.1

112, 112, 111, 112, 112

96.1

113, 112, 112, 112, 112

56.3

117, 111, 111, 111, 111

85.6

Historic performance, 2019-2023

Key driver performance, 2023

VC/PE Rank

VC Rank

PE Rank

Australia

Australasia

Peer Group Comparison

Regional Peers

Economic Activity

Depth of Capital Market

Taxation

Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance

Human and Social
Environment

Entrepreneurial
Opportunites

Australia	89.2	85.9	73.1	96.1	56.3	85.6
New Zealand	79.1	37.7	81.8	114.7	51.0	76.6

Last updated: 4 Nov 2023

2.1	Size and Liquidity of the Stock Market	7	114, 114, 114, 116, 118	85.9
2.2	Total Trading Volume	13	112, 111, 112, 112, 112	90.5
2.3	IPOs and Public Issuing Activity	6	121, 121, 121, 122, 119	74.7
2.4	M&A Market	8	118, 118, 117, 117, 117	78.7
2.5	Debt and Credit Market	19	108, 98, 106, 106, 106	88.0
2.6	Bank Non-Performing Loans	7	116, 115, 111, 113, 118	100.1

4.1	Quality of Corporate Governance	44	88, 82, 81, 81, 81	82.6
4.2	Security of Property Rights	8	117, 116, 116, 117, 117	104.2
4.3	Quality of Legal Enforcement	14	109, 109, 110, 111, 111	103.3

6.1	Innovation	25	105, 103, 102, 100, 100	70.7
6.2	Scientific and Technical Journal Articles	9	115, 114, 114, 114, 116	80.7
6.3	Burdens of Starting and Running a Business	7	117, 118, 118, 118, 118	107.0
6.4	Simplicity of Closing a Business	14	109, 109, 111, 111, 111	102.0
6.5	Corporate R&D	14	116, 111, 111, 111, 111	73.8