Public Sector in Australia 238 indicators covering public sector for Australia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Environmental taxes, Taxes on pollution 1.03 billion 2021 up 112.8% 26th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions 519.03 billion 2025 up 101.1% 13th Subnational government expenditure 39.28 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 7.6% 29th Subnational government revenue 36.79 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 7.3% 29th Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's 0.8109 2020 up 1.1% 54th Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of 1 2020 unchanged 2nd Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.1922 2020 down 29.1% 69th Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.6951 2020 up 11.3% 73rd Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.4112 2020 up 1.4% 57th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial assets of pension 136.46 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 26.5% 2nd Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's 0.2912 2020 up 2.8% 68th Institutional Investors' Indicators — Financial liabilities of 146.62 Percentage of GDP 2025 up 25.7% 2nd Social contributions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue 1 1994 — 1st Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's 0.6789 2020 down 3.8% 72nd Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9638 2020 up 0.6% 10th Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from 0 2020 — 53rd Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure 0.8313 2020 up 61.5% 37th Excises, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item 0.9891 2020 down 0.8% 54th Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue 1 2020 unchanged 3rd Other taxes, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.0002 1989 — 59th Size of public procurement - government at a glance indicators, 2025 18.2 Percentage of GDP 2023 up 24.9% 3rd Other revenue, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this 0.4011 2020 down 4.7% 54th Revenue decentralization, Percent 0.7312 2020 up 1.1% 26th Health, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 0.6049 2020 up 2.4% 27th Education, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this 0.57 2020 down 5.9% 39th General public services, Ratio of this level of government's 1.39 2020 down 3.6% 25th Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.5624 2020 up 28.0% 54th Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.9193 2020 up 2.2% 9th Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's 0.2168 2020 down 15.3% 53rd Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's 0.1671 2020 down 3.4% 55th Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's 0.2729 2020 up 27.8% 30th Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item 1 2020 unchanged 11th Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's 0.3619 2020 up 27.0% 33rd Deficit, Percent of own spending -0.2061 2020 down 0.7% 23rd Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue -0.2422 2020 up 26.3% 34th Bibliometric indicators, by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3,689 Scientific publications 2024 up 14.7% 11th Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending -0.2537 2020 up 34.8% 36th Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent -0.0477 2020 up 74.2% 34th Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general) 0.5722 2020 up 9.8% 37th Consumption of fixed capital (CFC), Ratio of this level of 0.3163 2020 up 9.8% 43rd Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on 0.4727 2020 up 16.3% 50th Size of public procurement - Government at a glance indicators, 2023 17.93 Percentage of GDP 2021 up 19.9% 4th Net official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries, by 3,244 2025 down 22.1% 19th Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employee contributions 9.04 Percentage change 2023 up 373.1% 14th Asset-backed pensions - main database — Employer contributions 15.47 Percentage change 2023 up 308.4% 8th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 1,615 2024 up 67.7% 2nd Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 224.55 2024 down 54.0% 21st Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC 767.54 2024 down 32.2% 17th Taxes on payroll and workforce, Ratio of this level of government's 0.0412 2020 up 36.1% 31st Asset-backed pensions - main database — Net technical provisions 8.49 Percentage change 2023 down 44.7% 5th Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs as a percentage of 0.0% 2024 down 46.3% 25th Net official development assistance (ODA) to landlocked developing 0.0% 2024 down 63.7% 32nd Number of local governments 451 2024 down 16.0% 14th Net official development assistance (ODA) to small island states 0.1% 2024 up 32.6% 2nd Number of local governments that adopt and implement local DRR 197 2024 up 56.3% 20th Official development assistance (ODA) from OECD-DAC countries on 3,291 2025 down 6.8% 19th Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.2% 2025 down 19.9% 33rd Net official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC 0.2% 2017 down 28.1% 22nd ← Previous Page 4 of 4