What do Australian people think about capitalism?
Economic axis · 🇦🇺 Australia · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
27% of Australian respondents take the position “State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.”, against 49% for “Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.”, with 24% choosing neither. n = 112, margin of error ±9.5, weighted to Australia's adult population.
Where Australia sits on economic
What is measured about Australia on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$60,194 |
higher than most countries
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2022
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23.6% |
higher than most countries
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2025
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45.9% |
lower than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on capitalism
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Free trade and business have done more to end poverty than state help has.
B · State help has done more to end poverty than free trade and business have.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4766
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27% B 🇦🇺 n=112 |
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A · Rules on business usually do more harm than good.
B · Rules on business are needed to keep people safe.
World, unweighted: 22% A ·
20% neither ·
58% B · n = 4736
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9% B 🇦🇺 n=114 |
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A · Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.
B · When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
20% neither ·
57% B · n = 4739
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19% B 🇦🇺 n=115 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Australia public opinion on capitalism
- Capitalism poll australia
- What do australian people think about capitalism
- What percentage of australian people support capitalism
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.