Australia Australia National Debt

Subscribe to our free email alert service

NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Australia 2019

Australia national debt goes up

In 2019 Australia public debt was 578,356 million euros647,526 million dollars, has increased 77,47455,739 million since 2018.

This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 46.7% of Australia GDP, a 4.93 percentage point rise from 2018, when it was 41.77% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Australia debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 119,403 million euros 166,360 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 16.64%.

According to the last data point published, Australia per capita debt in 2019 was 22,657 euros25,366 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 19,915 euros 23,529 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,742 euros1,837 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 5,461 euros7,608 dollars .

The position of Australia, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 90 in the list of debt to GDP and 167 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Australia. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Australia in economy of Australia.

Australia: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
2019578,356647,52646.70%€22,657$25,366
2018500,882591,78741.77%€19,915$23,529
2017503,828568,96341.17%€20,348$22,978
2016463,500512,90840.58%€19,007$21,033
2015419,527465,51737.75%€17,491$19,409
2014373,187495,90634.05%€15,786$20,977
2013348,663463,07230.49%€14,965$19,876
2012336,127432,12527.54%€14,660$18,847
2011261,789364,33524.05%€11,624$16,177
2010192,426255,31120.37%€8,679$11,515
2009119,403166,36016.64%€5,461$7,608
200884,360124,05911.75%€3,928$5,777
200766,99991,8319.68%€3,188$4,370
200662,00577,8579.95%€3,006$3,774
200564,24579,97010.87%€3,163$3,937
200463,08778,43811.91%€3,147$3,913
200363,10071,35813.19%€3,183$3,599
200267,59663,87215.03%€3,448$3,258
200172,21664,67917.13%€3,725$3,336
200084,45378,03619.53%€4,412$4,077
199987,05692,87422.57%€4,601$4,909
199890,40823.72%$4,833
1997110,46925.92%$5,968
1996124,61829.36%$6,799
1995118,10331.17%$6,518
1994112,05131.73%$6,262
199394,84830.68%$5,353
199287,87127.64%$5,005
199170,10121.62%$4,034
199053,17816.42%$3,097
198952,47917.03%$3,098
Australia: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Australia: Evolution of debt in millions