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Australia: Total consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cons_GDP

2025
75.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.7 pointsfrom 73.8%
Average, 2016–2025
73.8%10 years
Record high and low
77.7% (1992)low 53.4% (1950)

Total consumption (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202675.5Forecast
202575.5
202473.8
202372.2
202270.8
202171.4
202074.0
201974.1
201874.7
201775.1
201676.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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