Supporting reporting on Closing the Gap
The information repository to support reporting on Closing the Gap is being developed in stages.
The latest update to the dashboard and the sixth Annual Data Compilation Report were released on 29 July 2026.
About
The Closing the Gap Information Repository comes from the National Agreement on Closing the Gap (the Agreement). The purpose of the information repository is to inform reporting on progress in Closing the Gap.
The information repository includes a dashboard and Annual Data Compilation Report:
- The dashboard provides the most up-to-date information available on the targets and indicators in the Agreement. The data will be available in different formats including visual.
- The Annual Data Compilation Report provides a point-in-time snapshot of the dashboard material.
The information repository is produced by the Productivity Commission.
The Agreement specified 23 targets and 164 supporting indicators across the Priority Reforms and socio-economic outcome areas. It has not been possible to report data against all targets/indicators from the commencement of the Agreement. The Productivity Commission is working with the Parties to the Agreement to develop the Information Repository. Reporting against targets, supporting indicators and further supporting material will be added over time.
When reviewing the material on the Information Repository, it is important to remember that behind the numbers reported are individuals who have a story and who have made a decision to identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person when the data was collected. The Productivity Commission and the Parties to the Agreement wish to acknowledge all people who have contributed to the stories shared through this Information Repository, as well as those who have chosen not to identify but whose stories remain important. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on the use, collection and interpretation of data see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on data.
The Targets and supporting indicators updated in 2026 is provided below.
Advice on the timing and content of future Closing the Gap dashboard updates will be provided once these are approved by the Parties to the Agreement.
Area | Target/Indicators | When |
| Socio-economic outcome 1 | Indicator 1b Leading causes of death | March |
| Indicator 1c Potentially avoidable mortality | March | |
| Indicator 1e Access/use of health services | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 2 | Target 2 Healthy birthweight | March |
| Indicator 2a Mothers who smoke during pregnancy | March | |
| NEW Indicator 2c Maternal health | July | |
| Indicator 2d Use of antenatal care | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 3 | Target 3 Preschool enrolment | July |
| Indicator 3a Attendance in early childhood education | July | |
| Indicator 3b Early years services | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 4 | NEW Indicator 4c Outcomes by AEDC domains | March |
| Socio-economic outcome 5 | Indicator 5a School attendance | March |
| Indicator 5c NAPLAN levels | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 6 | Indicator 6a Higher education commencement, attrition, and completion rates | March |
| Indicator 6b Higher education application, offers and acceptance rates | March | |
| Indicator 6c VET commencement, attrition and completion rates | March | |
| Indicator 6g VET graduate outcomes and satisfaction | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 8 | NEW Indicator 8i Self-managed business owners | July |
| Socio-economic outcome 9 | NEW Indicator 9d Homelessness rate | March |
| Indicator 9g Social housing | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 10 | Target 10 Adult imprisonment | March |
| Indicator 10a People charged by police | July | |
| NEW Indicator 10b People convicted and sentenced | July | |
| Indicator 10d Prisoner legal status | July | |
| NEW Indicator 10j Time on remand | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 11 | Target 11 Youth detention | March, July |
| Indicator 11a Un-sentenced detention | March | |
| NEW Indicator 11b Time in unsentenced detention | July | |
| Indicator 11c Alleged young offenders involved in police proceedings | July | |
| NEW Indicator 11f Transition to detention | July | |
| Indicator 11h Young people first coming into youth justice system | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 12 | Target 12 Children in out-of-home care | July |
| Indicator 12b Proportion of children in out-of-home care | July | |
| NEW Indicator 12c Care and protection orders | July | |
| Indicator 12e Application of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle | July | |
| Indicator 12g Children with a cultural care plan | July | |
| NEW Indicator 12k: Reunification outcomes | July | |
| Indicator 12m Rates of substantiation by type of abuse | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 13 | Indicator 13h Hospitalisations for family violence | March |
| NEW Indicator 13o Barriers in seeking help from support services | July | |
| Indicator 13p Assistance from Specialist Homelessness Services for reasons of family violence | July | |
| Indicator 13q Specialist Homelessness Services for family violence with children | July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 14 | Target 14 Suicide | March |
| Indicator 14a Hospitalisations for self-harm | March | |
| NEW Indicator 14c Hospitalisations for mental health related disorders | July | |
| Indicator 14e Barriers accessing health services | July | |
| Indicator 14g Experience of racism | March, July | |
| Socio-economic outcome 15 | Target 15A Land mass subject to legal rights and interests | March |
| Target 15B Sea country subject to legal rights and interests | March | |
| Indicator 15a Land and water ownership | March | |
| Indicator 15d Indigenous Land Use Agreements | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 16 | Target 16 Number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages being spoken | July |
| Indicator 16c Number and age profile of language speakers | July | |
| Indicator 16e Accessing Commonwealth funded language centres | March | |
| Socio-economic outcome 17 | Indicator 17a Digital inclusion | March |
| Indicator 17g Community broadcast licenses with an Indigenous interest | March |
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Attribution
The correct citation is: Productivity Commission, Closing the Gap Information Repository, Canberra https://pc.gov.au/closing-the-gap-data (accessed [include date you accessed the online material]).
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