Oceania Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Australia=== {{Main|Economy of Australia}} [[File:Sydney skyline from Waverton Balls head reserve.jpg|thumb|left|The [[skyline of Sydney]]]] Australia and New Zealand are the only highly [[Developed country|developed]] independent nations in the region, although the [[economy of Australia]] is by far the largest and most dominant economy in the region and one of the largest in the world. New Caledonia, Hawai{{okina}}i, and French Polynesia are highly developed too but are not [[sovereignty|sovereign]] states. Australia's per-capita GDP is [[List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita|higher]] than that of the UK, Canada, Germany, and France in terms of [[purchasing power parity]].<ref name="unstat228" /> New Zealand is also one of the most globalised economies and depends greatly on international trade.<ref name="stand260511" /><ref name="guard150411" /> The [[Australian Securities Exchange]] in [[Sydney]] is the largest [[List of stock exchanges in Oceania|stock exchange in Australia and in the South Pacific]].<ref name="if5com200514" /> In 2012, Australia was the 12th largest national economy by nominal GDP and the 19th-largest measured by [[Purchasing power parity|PPP-adjusted]] GDP.<ref name="rbagov200514" /> Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranks Sydney tenth in the world in terms of [[quality of living]],<ref name="mercer.com" /> making it one of the [[world's most livable cities|most livable cities]].<ref name="mercer2014" /> It is classified as an Alpha+ [[World City]] by [[Globalization and World Cities Research Network|GaWC]].<ref name="accgawc" /><ref name="urbanst" /> [[Melbourne]] also ranked highly in the [[World's Most Livable Cities|world's most liveable city]] list,<ref name="melb181" /> and is a leading [[financial centre]] in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region.<ref name="longfi041213" /><ref name="citindex" /> [[File:Night view of the lit city of Auckland from Northcote Point, Auckland - 0365.jpg|thumb|Auckland's [[Auckland CBD|central business district]] at night]] The majority of people living in Australia work in health care, retail and education sectors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Industry sector of employment {{!}} Australia {{!}} Community profile |url=https://profile.id.com.au/australia/industries?BMID=50 |access-date=20 January 2022 |website=profile.id.com.au |archive-date=16 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916114311/http://profile.id.com.au/australia/industries?BMID=50 |url-status=live }}</ref> Australia boasts the largest amount of manufacturing in the region, [[Automotive industry in Australia|producing cars]], electrical equipment, machinery and [[clothing industry|clothes]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page