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Government Expense / Australia
Public Finance

Australia Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Australia, including latest value (27.58), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Australia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+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: 1972–2022 1972– 2022
1972 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Australia · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2022
27.58 percent of GDP
32.55 percent of GDP
27.45 percent of GDP
43 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 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 35.53
United States 24.9
Germany 31.17
France 47.26
United Kingdom 41.23

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+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 Expense: 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 Expense 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 expense rate, government expense data australia, australia government expense statistics, australia percent of gdp.