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Australia: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1824–2022 · 198 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2022
25.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
+0.5 pointsfrom 24.9%
Average, 2013–2022
24.8%10 years
Record high and low
26.3% (2001)low 1.76% (1824)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202225.4
202124.9
202025.8
201925.8
201825.3
201724.3
201624.3
201524.3
201424.2
201324.0

Sources

  • Mitchell1824–2010
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1902–2019
  • Andersson1902–2022
  • 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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