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Australia: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1901–2022 · 122 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2022
22.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2021
+0.5 pointsfrom 22.0%
Average, 2013–2022
22.1%10 years
Record high and low
22.9% (2019)low 2.95% (1914)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202222.5
202122.0
202022.7
201922.9
201822.6
201721.6
201621.7
201521.7
201421.7
201321.5

Sources

  • Mitchell1901–2010
  • Foster1950–1996
  • 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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