The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

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
2 Depth of Capital Market 8 119, 118, 118, 118, 117 85.9
3 Taxation 94 38, 38, 34, 31, 31 73.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 13 112, 112, 111, 112, 112 96.1
5 Human and Social Environment 13 113, 112, 112, 112, 112 56.3
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 14 117, 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