% of GDP - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's federal debt (% gdp) was 59.4% as of June 2026. Federal government gross debt as a proportion of the total economy. Measuring debt relative to GDP shows affordability. A growing economy can sustain more debt. Data is sourced from AOFM; ABS National Accounts and updated quarterly.
Federal government gross debt as a proportion of the total economy.
Measuring debt relative to GDP shows affordability. A growing economy can sustain more debt.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (AOFM; ABS National Accounts), updated quarterly. 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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