The reading right now

As of January 2022, Government expenditure for Australia stood at 27.6%. That is down 5 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 28.2%, ranging from a low of 26.1% in January 2019 to a high of 32.6% in January 2021. The current reading sits 0.14 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 27.4%.

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