Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Australia

Government consumption in US dollars in Australia in 2025 — 416,335,351,106 US$. Ranked 9 in the world out of 132. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 20,069.7%.

2025 416B US$ +7% vs 2024
World rank 9of 132
Period maximum 416B US$2025
Period minimum 2.06B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Australia, 1960–20250200B400B600B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,064,160,330 US$1962: 2,384,480,382 US$1964: 2,705,920,433 US$1966: 3,496,640,559 US$1968: 4,449,760,712 US$1970: 5,443,200,871 US$1972: 7,498,831,776 US$1974: 12,851,879,145 US$1976: 18,781,307,431 US$1978: 21,130,620,734 US$1980: 25,819,498,607 US$1982: 34,421,273,309 US$1984: 35,446,997,497 US$1986: 35,446,978,176 US$1988: 43,591,859,186 US$1990: 54,940,581,587 US$1992: 63,464,682,711 US$1994: 60,729,159,460 US$1996: 74,587,955,548 US$1998: 72,989,893,509 US$2000: 77,149,499,725 US$2002: 72,621,030,254 US$2004: 112,496,798,976 US$2006: 137,015,029,972 US$2008: 191,092,023,485 US$2010: 216,389,803,935 US$2012: 292,457,324,581 US$2014: 275,707,425,269 US$2016: 241,048,706,914 US$2018: 285,802,095,929 US$2020: 290,852,159,643 US$2022: 373,342,485,414 US$2024: 389,107,349,137 US$2025: 416,335,351,106 US$
Change over the period: +414B (+20,069.72%) Average annual rate: 8.51 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 416B +27.23B +7%
2024 389B +20.62B +5.6%
2023 368B −4.86B −1.3%
2022 373B +24.28B +6.96%
2021 349B +58.21B +20.01%
2020 291B +7.14B +2.52%
2019 284B −2.09B −0.73%
2018 286B +21.37B +8.08%
2017 264B +23.38B +9.7%
2016 241B −18.25B −7.04%
2015 259B −16.41B −5.95%
2014 276B −21.64B −7.28%
2013 297B +4.89B +1.67%
2012 292B +31.4B +12.03%
2011 261B +44.67B +20.64%
2010 216B +45.21B +26.41%
2009 171B −19.91B −10.42%
2008 191B +35.72B +22.99%
2007 155B +18.36B +13.4%
2006 137B +9.14B +7.14%
2005 128B +15.38B +13.67%
2004 112B +26.38B +30.64%
2003 86.11B +13.49B +18.58%
2002 72.62B +2.23B +3.16%
2001 70.39B −6.76B −8.76%
2000 77.15B +4.16B +5.71%
1999 72.98B −5.18M −0.01%
1998 72.99B −6.6B −8.3%
1997 79.59B +5.01B +6.71%
1996 74.59B +5.96B +8.68%
1995 68.63B +7.9B +13.01%
1994 60.73B +250M +0.41%
1993 60.48B −2.99B −4.7%
1992 63.46B +2.73B +4.49%
1991 60.74B +5.79B +10.55%
1990 54.94B +1.61B +3.02%
1989 53.33B +9.74B +22.34%
1988 43.59B +6.89B +18.78%
1987 36.7B +1.25B +3.53%
1986 35.45B +680M +1.95%
1985 34.77B −680M −1.92%
1984 35.45B +2.38B +7.21%
1983 33.06B −1.36B −3.94%
1982 34.42B +2.92B +9.26%
1981 31.5B +5.69B +22.02%
1980 25.82B +2.4B +10.24%
1979 23.42B +2.29B +10.84%
1978 21.13B +1.87B +9.69%
1977 19.26B +482M +2.57%
1976 18.78B +2.44B +14.95%
1975 16.34B +3.49B +27.13%
1974 12.85B +3.53B +37.82%
1973 9.32B +1.83B +24.35%
1972 7.5B +1.21B +19.28%
1971 6.29B +843M +15.49%
1970 5.44B +655M +13.68%
1969 4.79B +338M +7.6%
1968 4.45B +561M +14.43%
1967 3.89B +392M +11.21%
1966 3.5B +409M +13.24%
1965 3.09B +382M +14.11%
1964 2.71B +190M +7.57%
1963 2.52B +131M +5.5%
1962 2.38B +157M +7.04%
1961 2.23B +164M +7.92%
1960 2.06B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.