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Australia: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1839–2025 · 187 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
40.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.1 pointsfrom 38.9%
Average, 2016–2025
38.5%10 years
Record high and low
47.1% (2020)low 1.32% (1901)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203138.1Forecast
203038.1Forecast
202938.3Forecast
202838.5Forecast
202738.9Forecast
202639.7Forecast
202540.0
202438.9
202337.7
202237.4
202139.9
202047.1
201936.1
201835.8
201735.9
201636.3

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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