Oceania

19 countries in World Bank data. The continent figure is the median of its countries - the World Bank does not publish continental totals, and its own regions do not match continents.

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Map of Oceania

 

Boundaries: Natural Earth, simplified · sources and licences

Countries

latest available value
American Samoa46,02918,01773.02.27-0.00
Australia27.6 mn65,13083.11.484.114.10
Federated States of Micronesia113,6834,41467.42.74-0.00
Fiji933,1546,64267.52.275.31.62
French Polynesia282,46522,44084.21.4911.73.46
Guam168,99941,83377.42.755.60.00
Kiribati136,4882,55966.63.12-0.59
Marshall Islands36,2828,48967.12.86-0.00
Nauru12,02514,64062.33.29-0.00
New Caledonia295,33329,21378.91.9611.217.08
New Zealand5.3 mn49,59182.01.575.16.01
Northern Mariana Islands43,54123,78678.92.32-0.00
Palau17,66319,53269.41.88-82.84
Papua New Guinea10.8 mn3,02066.33.072.60.52
Samoa219,3065,87371.83.805.01.60
Solomon Islands838,6452,08670.73.511.40.38
Tonga103,7426,54773.13.102.01.63
Tuvalu9,4926,04167.33.17-0.00
Vanuatu335,1694,03971.73.575.10.87
Sources: World Bank, UN agencies and others Sources and licences

Oceania compared with the world

median country vs world
Indicator Year Oceania median World
Population
Population 2025 168,999 8.2 bn
Population density · /km² 2023 81.0 62.1
Population growth · % 2025 0.59 0.91
Life expectancy at birth · years 2024 71.7 73.5
Fertility rate 2024 2.75 2.19
Birth rate · ‰ 2024 20.1 16.3
Infant mortality · ‰ 2024 16.5 27.7
Urban population · % 2025 65.4 57.8
Population aged 65 and over · % 2025 6.9 10.4
Population living in cities (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 0.0 44.8
Population living in towns and semi-dense areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 39.5 35.6
Population living in rural areas (Degree of Urbanisation) · % 2025 36.4 19.6
Human development
Human Development Index (HDI) 2023 0.706 0.756
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) 2023 0.609 0.590
Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index (PHDI) 2023 0.700 0.680
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2023 0.430 0.455
Economy
Gross domestic product · US$ 2025 983.6 mn 118.4 tn
GDP per capita · US$ 2025 6,294 14,406
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity · int. $ 2025 8,820 25,704
GNI per capita (Atlas method) · US$ 2025 6,535 14,244
Real GDP growth · % 2025 2.9 2.9
Inflation, consumer prices · % 2025 2.8 3.0
Trade (exports plus imports) · % 2025 93.1 68.5
Exports of goods and services · % 2025 27.6 29.5
Foreign direct investment, net inflows · % 2024 2.1 1.4
Manufacturing, value added · % 2025 5.1 14.9
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added · % 2025 11.6 4.0
Tax revenue · % 2024 23.3 13.8
Central government debt · % 2019 40.9 -
Military expenditure · % 2024 1.3 2.5
Labour
Unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 5.1 4.8
Youth unemployment rate (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 13.0 13.4
Female labour force participation · % 2025 51.1 48.9
Employment in agriculture (modelled ILO estimate) · % 2025 23.6 25.8
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person · h 2025 35.3 40.9
Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET), ages 15-24 · % 2025 21.9 20.0
Labour income share of GDP · % 2024 47.0 52.5
Output per hour worked (GDP, constant 2021 international $ at PPP) · $ 2025 19.0 23.3
Health
Current health expenditure · % 2023 10.3 10.1
Current health expenditure per capita · US$ 2023 433 1,317
Physicians · /1,000 2022 3.61 1.86
Under-5 mortality · ‰ 2024 19.6 37.4
Maternal mortality ratio (modelled estimate) · /100k 2023 101 197
Current tobacco use among adults · % 2024 29.9 20.3
People using safely managed drinking water · % 2024 72.0 73.7
Food
Dietary energy supply per person · kcal 2023 3,031 3,017
Average protein supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 101.9 92.5
Average supply of protein of animal origin per person (3-year average) · g 2022 58.0 38.7
Average fat supply per person (3-year average) · g 2022 121.1 89.7
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 18.2 26.8
Prevalence of severe food insecurity (3-year average) · % 2024 4.8 9.8
Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average) · % 2022 93.9 -0.9
Education
Adult literacy rate · % 2024 - 87.7
School enrolment, secondary (gross) · % 2024 92.4 77.3
School enrolment, tertiary (gross) · % 2023 42.9 43.2
Government expenditure on education · % 2023 5.9 3.6
Expected years of schooling · yrs 2023 12.6 13.0
Mean years of schooling (adults 25+) · yrs 2023 10.6 8.8
Society
Gini index of income inequality 2018 34.3 -
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) · % 2018 0.6 11.1
Individuals using the internet · % 2024 74.7 71.2
Mobile cellular subscriptions · /100 2024 112.6 110.4
Access to electricity · % 2024 100.0 91.9
Seats held by women in national parliaments · % 2025 10.2 27.2
Refugees
Refugees hosted (under UNHCR mandate, by country of asylum) 2025 1,082 28.5 mn
Refugees hosted per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.4 3.5
Asylum-seekers hosted (pending cases, by country of asylum) 2025 1,607 9 mn
Refugees originating from the country (under UNHCR mandate) 2025 15 28.5 mn
Refugees originating from the country per 1,000 inhabitants · ‰ 2025 0.0 3.5
Governance
Control of corruption · /100 2024 58.1 -
Government effectiveness · /100 2024 51.1 -
Rule of law · /100 2024 74.1 -
Regulatory quality · /100 2024 50.8 -
Voice and accountability · /100 2024 72.5 -
Political stability and absence of violence · /100 2024 85.2 -
Environment
CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 0.59 4.69
Fossil CO₂ emissions (fossil fuels and cement) · Mt 2024 0.2 38,598.6
Share of global fossil CO₂ emissions · % 2024 0.00 100.00
Cumulative fossil CO₂ emissions since 1750 · Gt 2024 0.0 1,849.1
Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) · t 2024 1.02 6.36
Renewable energy consumption · % 2021 8.3 -
Forest area · % 2023 51.9 31.1
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure · µg/m³ 2023 4.8 32.9
Level of water stress (freshwater withdrawal of available resources) · % 2022 2.5 -
Land area · km² 2023 810 129.8 mn
Energy
Share of renewables in electricity generation · % 2024 25.0 31.6
Share of wind and solar in electricity generation · % 2024 9.6 15.0
Share of nuclear in electricity generation · % 2024 0.0 9.0
Share of low-carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) in electricity generation · % 2024 25.0 40.6
Share of fossil fuels in electricity generation · % 2024 75.0 59.4
Share of coal in electricity generation · % 2024 0.0 34.4
Carbon intensity of electricity generation · g/kWh 2024 540 474
Electricity demand per capita · MWh 2024 2.55 3.81

The median is the middle country: half of the countries of Oceania are above it, half below. Unlike an average it is not pulled by one very large or very rich country. For totals (population, GDP) the world column is the world total, not comparable with the median.