The reading right now

As of January 2024, Consumption expenditure for Australia stood at 51.4%. That is up 0.91 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 51.5%, ranging from a low of 49.1% in January 2022 to a high of 54.3% in January 2019. The current reading sits 2.1 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 53.5%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.