Insights Into Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2020-21

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

Released

26/04/2022

Source

Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2020-21 financial year

Taxation Revenue, Australia, 2020-21 financial year

Government Finance Statistics, Education, Australia, 2020-21 financial year

Economic overview

Government fiscal support targeted economic affairs, social protection, and healthcare spending. Governments eased COVID-19 restrictions, however Victoria suffered from a second wave and extended lockdown period.

Commonwealth, state, and territory governments commenced the rollout and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Other healthcare spending remained elevated, particularly in Victoria, due to ongoing COVID-19 health response expenditure on frontline staff, testing and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Business conditions recovered from the widespread COVID-19 lockdowns in 2019-20, and the labour market also improved. Commonwealth taxation increased across company income tax, personal income tax and GST, while states received more stamp duties on conveyances and gambling tax.

Change (a) in days within the year where at least one area of the state was in lockdown, 2019-20 to 2020-21 financial year

Change (a) in days where at least one area of the state was in lockdown from previous year:

New South Wales -39

Victoria 90

Queensland -35

South Australia -39

Western Australia -32

Tasmania -45

Northern Territory -41

Australian Capital Territory -45

approximate

Government fiscal position

Net operating balance

All levels of general government net operating balance was -$145.6b in 2020-21.

Net Operating Balance, all levels of general government
	Revenue ($b)	Expenses ($b)	Net Operating Balance ($b)
2011-12	484.8	-523.0	-38.2
2012-13	517.2	-540.7	-23.5
2013-14	539.0	-564.3	-25.3
2014-15	556.1	-583.4	-27.3
2015-16	577.7	-600.2	-22.5
2016-17	609.6	-623.2	-13.6
2017-18	657.2	-647.1	10.2
2018-19	696.3	-679.7	16.6
2019-20	684.0	-791.9	-107.9
2020-21	730.7	-876.4	-145.6

Net Operating Balance, all levels of general  government

["","Revenue","Expenses","Net Operating Balance"]

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This is the largest all levels of general government net operating balance deficit recorded in the GFS time series. The main contributors are:

45.3% rise in subsidy expenses (up $34.6b)
11.1% rise in current monetary transfers to households (up $16.2b)
13.7% rise in benefits to households in goods and services (up $14.5b)
7.5% rise in taxation revenue (up $41.5b)

All Australia subsidies on products and production
	Change from prior year (%)	Subsidies paid ($b)
2011-12	8.5	19.0
2012-13	19.6	22.7
2013-14	8.5	24.6
2014-15	-10.4	22.1
2015-16	0.9	22.3
2016-17	2.3	22.8
2017-18	0.9	23.0
2018-19	1.4	23.3
2019-20	227.1	76.3
2020-21	45.3	110.9

All Australia subsidies on products and production

["","Change from prior year","Subsidies paid"]

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Taxation revenue

All Australia taxation revenue
	% change from prior year (%)	Taxation Revenue ($b)
2011-12	8.6	389.1
2012-13	6.5	414.3
2013-14	4.4	432.7
2014-15	2.6	443.9
2015-16	4.4	463.6
2016-17	5.0	486.8
2017-18	8.6	528.7
2018-19	5.9	560.0
2019-20	-1.5	551.7
2020-21	7.5	593.2

All Australia taxation revenue

["","% change from prior year","Taxation Revenue"]

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Commonwealth taxation revenue

The main contributors to the 7.5% rise in the Commonwealth taxation revenue in 2020-21 are:

12.7% rise in company income tax (up $11.3b)
14.4% rise in goods and services tax (up $9.3b)
2.8% rise in personal income tax (up $5.8b)

Taxation Revenue, Commonwealth, selected key drivers of annual change
	Personal income tax (%)	Company income tax (%)	Goods and services tax (GST) (%)
Jun-12	10.8	17.0	1.3
Jun-13	6.1	3.1	3.2
Jun-14	4.5	0.6	8.9
Jun-15	8.1	-4.0	4.0
Jun-16	3.0	-4.9	6.5
Jun-17	3.8	12.0	3.9
Jun-18	7.5	20.3	4.2
Jun-19	8.2	10.5	1.7
Jun-20	0.1	-7.5	-1.7
Jun-21	2.8	12.7	14.4

Taxation Revenue, Commonwealth, selected key drivers of annual change

["","Personal income tax","Company income tax","Goods and services tax (GST)"]

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State and local government taxation revenue

The main contributors to the rise in state and local taxation revenue in 2020-21 are:

25.7% rise in stamp duties on conveyances (up $4.9b)
17.1% rise in gambling taxes (up $1.0b)
7.3% rise in motor vehicle taxes (up $0.8b)

Taxation Revenue, State and Local, selected key drivers of annual change
	Motor vehicle taxes (%)	Stamp duties on conveyances (%)	Gambling taxes (%)
Jun-12	5.7	-6.2	4.3
Jun-13	8.2	10.1	2.0
Jun-14	4.2	24.4	-0.8
Jun-15	6.4	15.3	5.9
Jun-16	4.6	11.9	5.2
Jun-17	3.8	4.8	-1.2
Jun-18	5.0	0.5	4.0
Jun-19	1.9	-13.4	10.5
Jun-20	2.9	1.5	-13.1
Jun-21	7.3	25.7	17.1

Taxation Revenue, State and Local, selected key drivers of annual change

["","Motor vehicle taxes","Stamp duties on conveyances","Gambling taxes"]

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General government debt

For further information on debt statistics under AGSF15

Government Finance Statistics, Annual methodology for additional information on the presentation of debt statistics.
Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2020-21 Key tables for full presentation of gross and net debt statistics.

All Australia general government net debt (L2) reached $787.7b or 38.1% of GDP in 2020-21.

All Australia general government sector net debt (L2) (b), Total and percentage of GDP (c)
	% of GDP (%)	Net debt (L2) ($b)
Jun-12	13.1	196.1
Jun-13	14.4	222.0
Jun-14	17.6	280.9
Jun-15	20.6	334.3
Jun-16	23.5	390.1
Jun-17	22.9	403.7
Jun-18	23.7	436.2
Jun-19	24.5	476.9
Jun-20	32.0	633.9
Jun-21	38.1	787.7

All Australia general government sector net debt (L2) (b), Total and percentage of GDP (c)

["","% of GDP","Net debt (L2)"]

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L2 is comparable to government reporting of net debt under Australian accounting standards.
using the GDP annual series as published in Table 36 in the December quarter 2021 issue in Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product

This is the largest level of all Australia L2 recorded in the GFS time series and is due to:

20.1% rise in National net debt (up $111.9b)
46.2% rise in total state net debt (up $45.0b)

Main Contributors to all Australia general government sector debt
	National ($b)	Total State ($b)	Total Local ($b)
Jun-12	175.8	30.8	-10.5
Jun-13	184.0	49.2	-10.2
Jun-14	239.2	49.2	-7.4
Jun-15	294.5	50.0	-10.2
Jun-16	357.8	44.5	-12.2
Jun-17	384.8	34.4	-15.5
Jun-18	413.4	40.6	-17.7
Jun-19	454.5	41.7	-19.3
Jun-20	555.6	97.3	-19.0
Jun-21	667.5	142.3	-22.0

Main Contributors to all Australia general government sector debt

["","National","Total State","Total Local"]

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Matrix of general government net debt and other liabilities

A matrix-style presentation enables users to analyse different measures of debt and other liabilities.

L1 to L3 focus on governments’ liquidity
L4 to L6 focus on governments’ longer term budget sustainability

General government net debt and other liabilities by sector as at 30 June 2021 (e)
		National general government (d)	Total State general government	Total Local general government	All Australia general government
		$m	$m	$m	$m
	Debt securities	799,213	-14,608	-13,251	771,353
	plus Loans	-72,632	184,207	4,378	115,953
Equals L1		726,582	169,598	-8,873	887,307

	plus SDRs	5,852	0	0	5,852
	plus Currency and deposits	-64,945	-27,293	-13,171	-105,410
Equals L2 (f)		667,488	142,305	-22,044	787,749

	plus Other accounts payable	56,077	67,883	5,658	129,618
Equals L3		723,564	210,188	-16,386	917,366

	plus Insurance and superannuation	415,355	158,173	4	573,532
Equals L4 (g)		1,138,920	368,361	-16,382	1,490,898

	plus Financial derivatives	-15,836	-1,081	-81	-16,998
Equals L5 (h)		1,123,083	367,279	-16,462	1,473,900

	plus Equities	-239,377	-331,309	-8,086	-578,773
Equals L6 (i)		883,706	35,970	-24,548	895,128

National includes both the Commonwealth and Control not further defined (n.f.d.) levels of government. The control n.f.d. sector contains units where jurisdiction is shared between two or more governments, or classification of a unit to a jurisdiction is otherwise unclear. The main types of units currently falling into this category are the public universities.
A positive value in this matrix indicates that the relevant stock of liabilities is greater than its corresponding stock of financial assets (an indebted position). A negative value indicates the opposite.
L2 is comparable to government reporting of net debt under Australian Accounting Standards.
L4 is comparable to the IMF GFSM 2014 concept of headline net public sector debt.
L5 is comparable to the Australian AGFS15 concept of headline net public sector debt.
L6 includes other liabilities and is not included in headline measures of net public sector debt.

Key functions of government

Education

The main contributors to total education expenses in 2020-21 are:

2.4% rise in school education (up $1.4b)
49.9% rise in Commonwealth apprenticeships and traineeships (up $1.3b)
3.2% fall in tertiary education (down $1.3b)

Education expenses for all levels of government
	% change from prior year (%)	Education Expenses ($b)
2011-12	0.5	80.9
2012-13	3.4	83.7
2013-14	2.5	85.8
2014-15	3.2	88.5
2015-16	3.1	91.3
2016-17	4.5	95.4
2017-18	4.5	99.6
2018-19	5.5	105.1
2019-20	8.2	113.8
2020-21	2.4	116.4

Education expenses for all levels of government

["","% change from prior year","Education Expenses"]

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Tertiary education

Key fiscal measures of the tertiary education sector were impacted by the decline in international students.

39.1% fall in gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) (down $2.0b)
3.2% fall in expenses (down $1.3b)
3.3% fall in revenue (down $0.7b)

Tertiary education: revenue, expenses and GFCF, percentage change
	Expenses (%)	Revenue (%)	GFCF (%)
2011-12	5.5	4.9	10.0
2012-13	5.0	4.8	6.1
2013-14	2.0	8.6	-10.2
2014-15	4.8	6.0	-6.1
2015-16	3.2	6.8	0.0
2016-17	4.5	6.2	-23.2
2017-18	4.3	7.3	52.0
2018-19	6.7	8.1	18.9
2019-20	8.3	-2.4	13.9
2020-21	-3.2	-3.3	-39.1

Tertiary education: revenue, expenses and GFCF, percentage change

["","Expenses","Revenue","GFCF"]

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Health

The main contributors to the 9.3% rise total Health expenses in 2020-21 are:

9.7% rise in community health services (up $4.4b)
6.5% rise in hospital services (up $3.4b)
40.3% rise in public health services (up $2.7b)

All Australia general government health expenses
	Change from prior year (%)	Health expenses ($b)
2011-12	7.9	99.9
2012-13	2.4	102.3
2013-14	3.6	106.0
2014-15	3.9	110.1
2015-16	5.3	116.0
2016-17	6.9	124.0
2017-18	6.5	132.0
2018-19	5.0	138.5
2019-20	6.8	147.9
2020-21	9.3	161.7

All Australia general government health expenses

["","Change from prior year","Health expenses"]

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Social protection

The main contributors to the 12.4% rise in total social protection expenses in 2020-21 are:

46.8% rise in unemployment support payments (up $9.5b)
12.4% rise in sickness and disability support payments (up $6.2b)
7.3% rise in old age support payments (up $6.1b)
9.5% rise in family and children support payments (up $4.3b)

All Australia general government social protection expenses
	Change from prior year (%)	Social protection expenses ($b)
2011-12	7.9	145.8
2012-13	4.1	151.8
2013-14	6.2	161.1
2014-15	5.2	169.4
2015-16	2.9	174.3
2016-17	1.2	176.4
2017-18	1.9	179.8
2018-19	5.5	189.6
2019-20	14.7	217.4
2020-21	12.4	244.4

All Australia general government social protection expenses

["","Change from prior year","Social protection expenses"]

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Economic affairs

The main contributors to the 39.4% rise in total economic affairs expenses in 2020-21 are:

48.9% rise in general economic, commercial, and labour affairs (up $28.8b)
37.1% rise in economic affairs n.e.c. (up $1.5b)
21.9% rise in mining, manufacturing, and construction (up $0.9b)
8.8% rise in fuel and energy (up $0.9b)

All Australia general government economic affairs expenses
	Change from prior year (%)	Economic affairs expenses ($b)
2011-12	10.4	26.7
2012-13	7.1	28.6
2013-14	4.2	29.8
2014-15	0.1	29.8
2015-16	-4.4	28.5
2016-17	1.6	29.0
2017-18	5.0	30.4
2018-19	2.1	31.1
2019-20	172.5	84.6
2020-21	39.4	118.0

All Australia general government economic affairs expenses

["","Change from prior year","Economic affairs expenses"]

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Defence

The main contributors to total Defence expenses in 2020-21 are:

12.4% rise in non-employee expenses (up $2.0b)
8.0% fall in depreciation (down $0.4b)
2.2% fall in employee expenses (down $0.4b)

All Australia general government defence expenses
	Change from prior year (%)	Defence expenses ($b)
2011-12	7.2	22.3
2012-13	5.3	23.5
2013-14	1.3	23.8
2014-15	9.0	25.9
2015-16	13.2	29.4
2016-17	7.4	31.5
2017-18	2.1	32.2
2018-19	7.9	34.7
2019-20	13.6	39.4
2020-21	3.1	40.7

All Australia general government defence expenses

["","Change from prior year","Defence expenses"]

[["2011-12","2012-13","2013-14","2014-15","2015-16","2016-17","2017-18","2018-19","2019-20","2020-21"],[[7.2000000000000002],[5.2999999999999998],[1.3],[9],[13.199999999999999],[7.4000000000000004],[2.1000000000000001],[7.9000000000000004],[13.6],[3.1000000000000001]],[[22.300000000000001],[23.5],[23.800000000000001],[25.899999999999999],[29.399999999999999],[31.5],[32.200000000000003],[34.700000000000003],[39.399999999999999],[40.700000000000003]]]

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Transport

The main contributors to the 10.6% rise in total transport expenses in 2020-21 are:

15.6% rise in railway transport (up $1.6b)
5.1% rise in road transport (up $1.0b)
78.1% rise in air transport (up $0.8b)

All Australia general government transport expenses
	Change from prior year (%)	Transport expenses ($b)
2011-12	7.8	27.8
2012-13	5.3	29.3
2013-14	-0.6	29.1
2014-15	4.3	30.4
2015-16	-5.8	28.6
2016-17	6.8	30.6
2017-18	6.7	32.6
2018-19	3.7	33.8
2019-20	6.6	36.1
2020-21	10.6	39.9

All Australia general government transport expenses

["","Change from prior year","Transport expenses"]

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Public investment

Total public sector investment in new assets

The main contributors to total public sector investment in new assets in 2020-21 are:

6.9% rise in state and local (up $3.7b)
5.9% rise in public non-financial corporations (up $1.3b)
4.0% rise in Commonwealth (up $0.6b)
38.0% fall in control n.f.d. sector, which is primarily universities (down $1.7b)

Public investment in new assets, percentage change
	Total Public Sector (%)	Universities (%)	State and Local General Government (%)	Public Non-Financial Corporations (%)	Commonwealth General Government (%)
2011-12	-5.4	16.4	-5.6	-9.7	4.2
2012-13	-0.7	3.2	5.6	-3.1	-24.6
2013-14	-2.8	-8.3	0.9	-13.4	20.0
2014-15	-2.9	2.5	-5.6	-11.9	25.1
2015-16	5.5	-2.6	-1.3	28.6	-7.4
2016-17	8.8	6.7	16.6	-2.2	7.5
2017-18	14.4	11.2	19.4	4.0	19.5
2018-19	9.1	14.8	11.7	4.7	6.3
2019-20	2.3	1.8	6.8	-5.4	-1.0
2020-21	4.3	-38.0	6.9	5.9	4.0

Public investment in new assets, percentage change

["","Total Public Sector","Universities","State and Local General Government","Public Non-Financial Corporations","Commonwealth General Government"]

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Insights archive

Annual insights:

Public sector debt analysis (2019-20)

Quarterly insights:

Insights into Government Finance Statistics (December 2021)
Insights into Government Finance Statistics (September 2021)
Government Finance Statistics, Australia - Analysis (June 2021)
Government Finance Statistics, Australia - Analysis (March 2021)
Government Finance Statistics, Australia - Analysis (December 2020)
Government Finance Statistics, Australia - Analysis (September 2020)

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