Taxation Revenue, Australia

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

Reference period

2023-24 financial year

Released

22/04/2025

Next release 21/04/2026

Key statistics

In the year 2023-24 across all levels of government, total taxation revenue was:

$801.7 billion
$46.2 billion (6.1%) higher than 2022-23
30.0% 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, 2023-24 publication is an Insights into Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2023-24 which provides additional analysis related to taxation revenue.

All Australia taxation revenue

All Australia total taxation revenue continued to grow, reaching $801.7b in 2023-24 (up 6.1%), while taxation revenue as a percentage of GDP was 30.0%. Positive annual growth was recorded for all levels of government.

All Australia taxation revenue
	% change from prior year	Taxation Revenue ($b)
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	683.3
2022-23	10.6	755.5
2023-24	6.1	801.7

All Australia taxation revenue

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Taxation revenue for all levels of government as a percentage of GDP (a)
	% of GDP
2014-15	27.3
2015-16	28.0
2016-17	27.7
2017-18	28.7
2018-19	28.8
2019-20	27.8
2020-21	28.4
2021-22	29.3
2022-23	29.4
2023-24	30.0

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

["","% of GDP"]

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using the GDP annual, current prices series as published in Table 36 in the December quarter 2024 issue in Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product.

Taxation revenue by jurisdiction

Total taxation revenue, by level of government and jurisdiction
		2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2022-23 to 2023-24
		$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Commonwealth government		481,032	550,830	617,876	649,363	5.1
	Less intergovernmental taxes	15	26	5	1	-80.0
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	481,017	550,804	617,871	649,362	5.1
State government
	New South Wales	34,115	39,509	40,227	44,983	11.8
	Victoria	23,905	31,010	32,823	37,471	14.2
	Queensland	16,192	20,010	20,600	22,659	10.0
	South Australia	4,965	5,753	6,098	6,789	11.3
	Western Australia	9,980	11,584	12,327	13,526	9.7
	Tasmania	1,386	1,556	1,626	1,778	9.3
	Northern Territory	530	741	715	761	6.4
	Australian Capital Territory	2,059	2,424	2,587	2,609	0.9
	Total	93,132	112,588	117,003	130,575	11.6
	Less intergovernmental taxes	1,102	922	1,151	1,288	11.9
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	92,029	111,666	115,852	129,287	11.6
Local government
	New South Wales	5,193	5,362	5,550	5,855	5.5
	Victoria	5,760	5,985	6,108	6,335	3.7
	Queensland	4,337	4,567	4,936	5,276	6.9
	South Australia	1,696	1,749	1,827	1,984	8.6
	Western Australia	2,517	2,614	2,758	2,948	6.9
	Tasmania	441	459	485	529	9.1
	Northern Territory	146	151	160	173	8.1
	Total	20,089	20,888	21,824	23,100	5.8
	Less intergovernmental taxes	30	29	28	32	14.3
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	20,059	20,859	21,796	23,068	5.8
Total all levels of government		593,105	683,329	755,519	801,716	6.1

Taxation revenue per capita, by level of government and jurisdiction (a)
		2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2022-23 to 2023-24
		$	$	$	$	% change
State and local government
	New South Wales	4,837	5,534	5,529	6,016	8.8
	Victoria	4,517	5,634	5,796	6,348	9.5
	Queensland	3,957	4,669	4,737	5,051	6.6
	South Australia	3,712	4,155	4,317	4,701	8.9
	Western Australia	4,572	5,130	5,312	5,615	5.7
	Tasmania	3,223	3,515	3,655	3,982	9.0
	Northern Territory	2,728	3,595	3,478	3,678	5.8
	Australian Capital Territory	4,600	5,355	5,609	5,551	-1.0
	Average	4,409	5,175	5,267	5,694	8.1
Commonwealth government		18,768	21,374	23,482	24,097	2.6
All levels of government		23,140	26,515	28,713	29,751	3.6

a. 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 2024 (previously used cat. no. 3101.0). Details of the calculation are in "Taxation per capita" section of the methodology.

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