Taxation Revenue, Australia

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Statistics about taxation revenue collected by the various levels of government in Australia

Reference period

2022-23 financial year

Released

23/04/2024

Next release 22/04/2025

Key statistics

In the year 2022-23 across all levels of government, total taxation revenue was:

$755.8 billion
$72.7 billion (10.6%) higher than 2021-22
29.5% as a percentage of GDP.

Unless indicated, all figures presented in this publication are current prices, original series.

Content published as web tables in previous Taxation Revenue, Australia releases are available in the Key tables section of Data downloads below.

Included in the Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2022-23 publication is an Insights into Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2022-23 which provides additional analysis related to taxation revenue.

Taxation revenue

All Australia total taxation revenue continued to grow, reaching $755.8b in 2022-23 (up 10.6%), while taxation revenue as a percentage of GDP was 29.5%. Positive annual growth was recorded for all levels of government.

All Australia taxation revenue
	% change from prior year	Taxation Revenue ($b)
2013-14	4.5	432.7
2014-15	2.6	443.9
2015-16	4.4	463.7
2016-17	5.0	486.8
2017-18	8.6	528.8
2018-19	5.9	560.1
2019-20	-1.5	551.8
2020-21	7.5	593.1
2021-22	15.2	683.1
2022-23	10.6	755.8

All Australia taxation revenue

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Taxation revenue for all levels of government as a percentage of GDP (a)
	% of GDP
2013-14	27.1
2014-15	27.3
2015-16	27.9
2016-17	27.7
2017-18	28.7
2018-19	28.7
2019-20	27.8
2020-21	28.4
2021-22	29.3
2022-23	29.5

Taxation revenue for all levels of government as a percentage of GDP (a)

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using the GDP annual, current prices series as published in Table 36 in the December quarter 2023 issue in Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product.

Total taxation revenue, by level of government and jurisdiction
		2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22 to 2022-23
		$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Commonwealth government		447,687	481,032	550,635	618,227	12.3
	Less intergovernmental taxes	11	15	26	1	-96.2
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	447,676	481,017	550,609	618,226	12.3

State government
	New South Wales	30,800	34,115	39,506	40,227	1.8
	Victoria	23,374	23,905	31,011	32,827	5.9
	Queensland	14,120	16,192	20,010	20,600	2.9
	South Australia	4,583	4,965	5,695	6,032	5.9
	Western Australia	9,011	9,980	11,584	12,327	6.4
	Tasmania	1,272	1,386	1,556	1,626	4.5
	Northern Territory	489	530	741	715	-3.5
	Australian Capital Territory	1,949	2,059	2,424	2,587	6.7
	Total	85,598	93,132	112,528	116,941	3.9
	Less intergovernmental taxes	1,073	1,102	922	1,154	25.2
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	84,525	92,029	111,606	115,787	3.7

Local government
	New South Wales	5,021	5,193	5,362	5,550	3.5
	Victoria	5,560	5,760	5,985	6,108	2.1
	Queensland	4,254	4,337	4,567	4,936	8.1
	South Australia	1,661	1,696	1,749	1,827	4.5
	Western Australia	2,504	2,517	2,614	2,758	5.5
	Tasmania	434	441	459	485	5.7
	Northern Territory	144	146	151	158	4.6
	Total	19,578	20,089	20,888	21,822	4.5
	Less intergovernmental taxes	29	30	29	28	-3.4
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	19,549	20,059	20,859	21,794	4.5

Total all levels of government		551,751	593,105	683,074	755,807	10.6

Taxation revenue per capita, by level of government and jurisdiction (b)
		2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2021-22 to 2022-23
		$	$	$	$	% change
State and local government
	New South Wales	4,409	4,837	5,533	5,529	-0.1
	Victoria	4,391	4,517	5,634	5,795	2.8
	Queensland	3,579	3,957	4,669	4,738	1.5
	South Australia	3,510	3,712	4,123	4,281	3.8
	Western Australia	4,273	4,572	5,130	5,315	3.6
	Tasmania	3,056	3,223	3,515	3,658	4.0
	Northern Territory	2,571	2,728	3,595	3,477	-3.3
	Australian Capital Territory	4,427	4,600	5,355	5,610	4.8
	Average	4,113	4,409	5,173	5,265	1.8
Commonwealth government		17,542	18,768	21,366	23,496	10.0
All levels of government		21,620	23,140	26,505	28,725	8.4

b. Estimated resident population data used in this table is at 31 December of the relevant financial year, sourced from National, state and territory population, September Quarter 2023 (previously used cat. no. 3101.0). Details of the calculation are in "Taxation per capita" section of the methodology.

Revisions and changes

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Statistical revisions are carried out regularly in Government Finance Statistics (GFS) to reflect the most current information and data available.

Divergences with government fiscal reporting

Divergences between state and commonwealth government financial reporting and GFS may occur because of conceptual determinations and timing recognition differences, to ensure alignment with economic activity as measured across ABS macroeconomic statistics.

Previous catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number cat. no. 5506.0.

Related releases

Government Finance Statistics, Annual

Statistics about finances of the general government and public corporation sectors for the various levels of government in Australia.

The 2022-23 issue of Government Finance Statistics, Annual was published on 23 April 2024.

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