This statistic displays the estimated share of chief executives and equivalents in Australia in 2018, broken down by cultural background. That year, around 76.9 percent of chief executives and equivalents in Australia were from Anglo-Celtic background, compared to only 0.3 percent that were of indigenous background.
Distribution of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background
Cultural backgrounds are classified in the following way:
Indigenous designates those who have an
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural
background.
Anglo-Celtic describes those cultural
backgrounds that are English, Scottish, Welsh
and Irish.
European includes all European
backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic – including
North-West European (e.g. German, French,
Dutch) and Southern and Eastern European
(e.g. Italian, Greek, Polish).
Non-European encompasses all other cultural
backgrounds, including South-East Asian
(e.g. Vietnamese, Malaysian), North-East Asian
(e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Southern and
Central Asian (e.g. Indian, Sri-Lankan, Afghani),
Latin American (e.g. Mexican, Colombian),
Middle Eastern and North African (e.g. Egyptian,
Turkish), Sub-Saharan African (e.g. Nigerian,
Zimbabwean) and Oceanic and Pacific Islander
(e.g. Maori, Tongan).
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Australian Human Rights Commission. (April 1, 2018). Distribution of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939229/australia-cultural-background-estimated-ceo-share/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Distribution of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background." Chart. April 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939229/australia-cultural-background-estimated-ceo-share/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2018). Distribution of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939229/australia-cultural-background-estimated-ceo-share/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Distribution of Chief Executive Officers (Ceos) and Equivalents in Australia in 2018, by Cultural Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939229/australia-cultural-background-estimated-ceo-share/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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