4
Australia
1.9%
-2.4%
4.5%
2019 2020 2021 Forecast
Real GDP Growth (Annual Percent Change)
7% - First Vaccine Dose
(May 2021)
Total Workforce (000s)
M '21
13,856
Unemployed Workers (000s) 776
Unemployment Rate 5.6%
Youth Unemployment Rate 11.8%
Covid Case and Death Rate
1
1
1
1
1 11
22
1
2
M
M
M
2 2 2 1
Approximately
105K Jobs lost
since Q4 2019
~33K Added
~20K Added
~27K Added
~37K Added
Remote Work Ranking
(APAC Region - Ranking out
of 15 Countries)
Remote Ready Jobs
6
th
Technical Readiness
8
th
11
1
1
Education Profile of Employed Population Impact of Covid-19 on Employment By Industry*
Education Profile of Unemployed Population
IMF Real GDP Growth Forecast
Sources:
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2021/April
https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/
https://covid19.who.int/
https://data.worldbank.org/
https://tradingeconomics.com/
https://www.abs.gov.au/
*Jobs in 000s
▪ M '21 K x
returned which is about half the population
previously living abroad.
▪ Borders are closed with any arrivals having to
quarantine although a New Zealand travel bubble
has recently been introduced.
▪ More than a million people benefitted from the Job
Keeper program before it ended in March.
Updates
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