Australia Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for Australia, including latest value (57.88), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Australia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Australia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
AA
86 / 100
Very strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.5 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 12.8 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 8.3 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.8 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2022 19902022
1990 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Australia · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2022
57.88 percent of GDP
69.84 percent of GDP
54.39 percent of GDP
22 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020 2022
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
New Zealand 52.25
United States 117.97
Germany 20.85
Brazil 81.86

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Australia Snapshot

country profile
Population 27.2 m
GDP 1757.02 bn
Debt/GDP 57.88%
Inflation 3.17%
Unemployment 4.09%
Currency n/a
Region Oceania
Income group High income

Australia Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Australia. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: australia government debt rate, government debt data australia, australia government debt statistics, australia percent of gdp.