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Australia: Household consumption (% of GDP)

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

2025
51.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.4 pointsfrom 51.2%
Average, 2016–2025
52.3%10 years
Record high and low
60.5% (1957)low 46.1% (1950)

Household consumption (% of GDP)

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46%48%50%52%54%56%58%60%62%19501960197019801990200020102020AustraliaAustralia
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202651.6Forecast
202551.6
202451.2
202350.5
202249.4
202149.3
202051.2
201953.3
201854.6
201755.2
201656.4

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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