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Australia: Central government deficit

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

2022
−32 billionlocal currency

Central government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2022-32,038
2021-144,287
2020-99,081
2019-2,761
2018-9,156
2017-30,958
2016-38,897
2015-42,609
2014-35,487
2013-22,908

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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