Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia
Australia: Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on was 0.7359 Percentage of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia, 2015–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia stood at 0.7359 Percentage of GDP. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia peaked at 0.7359 Percentage of GDP in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5702 Percentage of GDP, in 2015.
Australia ranks 12th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.5702 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2020 | 0.6134 Percentage of GDP | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 0.6808 Percentage of GDP | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6819 Percentage of GDP | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7359 Percentage of GDP | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5702 Percentage of GDP | 0.5702 Percentage of GDP | 0.5702 Percentage of GDP | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.678 Percentage of GDP | 0.6134 Percentage of GDP | 0.7359 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 104,110 (1992)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 316,638 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 292,593 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.65 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4362 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0835 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia?
- Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on in Australia was 0.7359 Percentage of GDP in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7359 Percentage of GDP in 2023.
- What is the lowest distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5702 Percentage of GDP in 2015.
- How does Australia rank for distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on?
- Australia ranks 12th out of 23 countries with data for 2023.
- Is distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on educational institutions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains data on government, private and expenditure on educational institutions. Government expenditure can be brokendown by central, regional (state) and local levels of government. Private sector can also be brokendown by households and other non-educational private sector. Expenditure are reported after transfers between entities, transfers can be from higher to lower levels of government, from the government to the private sector, or from non-domestic source to the government. The default table displays expenditure for the general government, the private sector and non-domestic sources in 2020 constant USD PPP (top section), in percentage of GDP (middle section), and in percentage (distribution by sector, in the bottom section), for the combined primary to tertiary levels of education, and for all public and private educational institutions. This can be changed to display data by: level of education, type of educational institution, level of financing source, local currency/USD PPP, and current/constant prices. Please note that the filters are inter related, meaning that selection in one category may impact the possibility to select options in another category. Please note that non-domestic expenditure is labelled "Rest of the world". Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026. For more information, please consult the Education at a Glance web page.