IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 50 economies tracked
1.07 (2022)
##20 of 50 economies
1.9%
0.86×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Australia climbed from #22 to #20 (overtook Türkiye). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for Australia ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
First recession in nearly three decades.
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
No community estimates yet for Government Interest Expenditure (% of GDP) — be the first.