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Australia: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1839–2022 · 184 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2022
26.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
−4.8 pointsfrom 31.1%
Average, 2013–2022
26.9%10 years
Record high and low
43.7% (1942)low 1.37% (1902)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202226.3
202131.1
202030.4
201925.6
201825.5
201726.0
201626.3
201526.5
201426.0
201325.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1839–2010
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1902–2019
  • Foster1954–1996
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2022
  • World Development Indicators1972–2022

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Australia documentation (PDF)

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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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