成長、低リスク、透明性のある経済

ビクトリア州の多様な経済には数多くの投資オプションが存在します

ビクトリア州はオーストラリア国土面積の3%にすぎませんが、国全体のおおよそ4分の1の経済活動を有しています(国全体のGDPの23%1。ビクトリア州の強みは多様な経済に支えられていることです。多くの産業が繁栄と成長の歴史を刻んできました。これが2009年の世界金融危機をオーストラリアが乗り越え、経済規模で世界第14位の国となりえた理由の一つです。

Chart - Victoria's Industry Gross Value Added % Share of Industry 2021-22

ビクトリア州のサービス産業は過去五年間に大きな伸びを示しています

ヘルスケア、情報技術、金融サービス、建設業といった産業は全産業平均より高い成長率を示しており、これらの高い成長率を示す産業への投資機会を示唆しています。

Graph - Industry Compound Annual Growth Rate 2017-18 to 2022-23

Victoria punches above its weight

As a state economy, the Victorian economy is larger than most South-East Asian nations. Outstripping national economies such as Singapore, Philippines and New Zealand, in 2021-22 our state economy generated A$515 billion Gross State Product (GSP).

Source: State budget 22-23, Department of Treasury and Finance

A low risk and stable business environment

Reflecting a stable business environment, Australia and Victoria both have one of the highest credit ratings in the world. Maintained for over ten years, the Australia credit rating is AAA, according to Standard & Poor's agency. This rating is bolstered by Victoria's consistently strong economic performance, good financial management and a supportive national and institutional framework.

Australia's sound legal and governance frameworks, combined with our political stability, provides a secure investment and business environment. Australia ranks in the top 16 countries for rule of law and in the top four countries for the quality of our regulatory environment according to the World Bank's Worldwide Governance Indicators (2021). We also rank highly for fair administration of justice and protection of property rights.

Melbourne is projected to have low economic exposure risk compared to other major and regional financial cities according to Lloyd's City Index which measures 18 economic exposure threats including market crash, cyber-attack, flood, human pandemic, solar storms, wind storms, power outages, plant epidemic, sovereign default, heat waves, terrorism, earthquakes, droughts, oil price shocks, volcanoes, tsunamis and nuclear accident.

Source:  Lloyd's City Risk Index 2015-2025

Australia #2 in the Asia Pacific for women's economic opportunity1

Female entrepreneurs and businesswomen in Australia are empowered by supportive national policies, scoring highly on the World Bank’s Women, Business and The Law 2023 index.

Australia achieved a perfect score on 7 out of the 8 indicators, including mobility, workplace, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship, and assets.

Our economic and legal environment provides a platform for women to succeed in business here in Melbourne.

Source:  World Bank Women, Business and the Law 2020 | Map: Visual Capitalist

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