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Australia - Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity 10.52

GEM APS · updated 2026-10-03 · 116 economies tracked

Latest value

10.52 (2019)

Global rank

##27 of 116 economies

Share of global total

1.6%

Growth since 2001

0.72×

Ranking Race — Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#8#15#22#29#36#43200120062011201620212024#3#272015 overtook Indonesia2016 overtook Philippines
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2024. Australia climbed from #3 to #27 (overtook Indonesia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Australia ↓

Key Events — Australia

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2008
Global crisis resilience curated

Avoids recession on the back of China-driven commodity demand.

2015
Overtook Indonesia in global rank auto
2016
Overtook Philippines in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

First recession in nearly three decades.

Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity, 2001-2019

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
200120062011201620197.810.0912.3914.68
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