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Government expense to GDP in Australia

Latest: 27.6%
Previous: 32.6%
Change: -4.97 (-15.3%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government expense to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank

Observations for Government expense to GDP in Australia
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	18.0%
Dec 31, 1973	18.4%
Dec 31, 1974	18.1%
Dec 31, 1975	21.2%
Dec 31, 1976	23.6%
Dec 31, 1977	23.6%
Dec 31, 1978	24.5%
Dec 31, 1979	23.7%
Dec 31, 1980	23.3%
Dec 31, 1981	23.5%
Dec 31, 1982	23.3%
Dec 31, 1983	25.5%
Dec 31, 1984	26.4%
Dec 31, 1985	26.4%
Dec 31, 1986	26.1%
Dec 31, 1987	25.7%
Dec 31, 1988	24.2%
Dec 31, 1989	22.2%
Dec 31, 1990	21.8%
Dec 31, 1991	23.1%
Dec 31, 1992	24.4%
Dec 31, 1993	24.9%
Dec 31, 1994	25.1%
Dec 31, 1995	25.3%
Dec 31, 1996	24.5%
Dec 31, 1997	23.8%
Dec 31, 1998	21.3%
Dec 31, 1999	24.5%
Dec 31, 2000	24.0%
Dec 31, 2001	26.1%
Dec 31, 2002	26.3%
Dec 31, 2003	25.7%
Dec 31, 2004	25.6%
Dec 31, 2005	25.5%
Dec 31, 2006	24.9%
Dec 31, 2007	24.4%
Dec 31, 2008	24.3%
Dec 31, 2009	26.4%
Dec 31, 2010	26.6%
Dec 31, 2011	25.9%
Dec 31, 2012	26.0%
Dec 31, 2013	25.8%
Dec 31, 2014	26.1%
Dec 31, 2015	26.7%
Dec 31, 2016	26.9%
Dec 31, 2017	26.5%
Dec 31, 2018	26.1%
Dec 31, 2019	26.1%
Dec 31, 2020	30.1%
Dec 31, 2021	32.6%
Dec 31, 2022	27.6%
Dec 31, 2023	—
Dec 31, 2024	—
Dec 31, 2025	—

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