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Australia: Expense (% of GDP)

27.58percent · 2022+6.0% since 2012

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Australia from 1972 to 2022.

19832022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202227.583
202132.552
202030.143
201926.071
201826.132
201726.528
201626.878
201526.656
201426.143
201325.772
201226.032
201125.916
201026.619
200926.381
200824.269
200724.401
200624.856
200525.513
200425.565
200325.662
200226.314
200126.128
200023.987
199924.458
199821.291
199723.768
199624.525
199525.347
199425.056
199324.934
199224.402
199123.134
199021.787
198922.155
198824.166
198725.661
198626.094
198526.392
198426.441
198325.538
198223.259
198123.527
198023.331
197923.667
197824.467
197723.588
197623.614
197521.244
197418.119
197318.436
197218.033

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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