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Australia: Central government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1839–2022 · 184 observations · cgovdef

2022
−31.9 billionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2022-31,900
2021-144,158
2020-98,941
2019-2,754
2018-9,134
2017-30,875
2016-38,774
2015-42,458
2014-35,348
2013-22,810

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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