% of GDP - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's federal budget balance (% gdp) was -1.5% as of January 2026, and the trend is broadly stable. The difference between federal government revenue and spending as a share of the economy. Positive = surplus; Negative = deficit. Persistent deficits add to debt. Surpluses reduce debt and provide a buffer for future downturns. Data is sourced from Australian Government Budget Papers; MYEFO statements and updated annually.
The difference between federal government revenue and spending as a share of the economy. Positive = surplus; Negative = deficit.
Persistent deficits add to debt. Surpluses reduce debt and provide a buffer for future downturns.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Australian Government Budget Papers; MYEFO statements), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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