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Taxation Revenue, Australia

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

Reference period

2020-21 financial year

Released

26/04/2022

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Key statistics

In the year 2020-21 across all levels of government, total taxation revenue was:

$593.2 billion
increased 7.5%, up $41.5 billion from 2019-20
28.7% 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.

One article is included in Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2020-21 which provides additional analysis related to taxation revenue:

Insights into Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2020-21

Taxation revenue

All Australia total taxation revenue returned to growth, reaching $593.2b in 2020-21 (up 7.5%), while taxation revenue as a percentage of GDP was 28.7%.

Positive annual growth was recorded for all levels of government across all states and territories. Queensland recorded the highest annual growth in state and local combined taxation revenue per capita (up 10.5% which exceeded the average of 6.6%).

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

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

["","% of GDP"]

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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.

Total taxation revenue, by level of government and jurisdiction
		2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2019-20 to 2020-21
		$m	$m	$m	$m	% change
Commonwealth government		427,444	455,773	447,608	481,164	7.5
	Less intergovernmental taxes	0	11	11	15	36.4
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	427,444	455,762	447,597	481,149	7.5

State government
	New South Wales	31,307	31,413	30,800	34,132	10.8
	Victoria	23,089	23,827	23,374	23,890	2.2
	Queensland	13,244	14,165	14,120	16,192	14.7
	South Australia	4,587	4,606	4,583	4,910	7.1
	Western Australia	8,492	8,580	9,011	9,980	10.8
	Tasmania	1,160	1,201	1,272	1,386	9.0
	Northern Territory	637	662	489	530	8.4
	Australian Capital Territory	1,718	1,934	1,949	2,059	5.6
	Total	84,234	86,389	85,598	93,079	8.7
	Less intergovernmental taxes	1,003	1,045	1,073	1,103	2.8
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	83,232	85,343	84,525	91,976	8.8

Local government
	New South Wales	4,531	4,809	5,021	5,193	3.4
	Victoria	5,165	5,368	5,560	5,760	3.6
	Queensland	3,966	4,146	4,254	4,337	2.0
	South Australia	1,543	1,602	1,661	1,696	2.1
	Western Australia	2,345	2,423	2,504	2,517	0.5
	Tasmania	401	419	434	441	1.6
	Northern Territory	133	138	144	146	1.4
	Total	18,083	18,904	19,578	20,089	2.6
	Less intergovernmental taxes	29	28	29	30	3.4
	Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes	18,054	18,876	19,549	20,059	2.6

Total all levels of government		528,730	559,981	551,672	593,184	7.5

Taxation revenue per capita, by level of government and jurisdiction (b)
		2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2019-20 to 2020-21
		$	$	$	$	% change
State and local government
	New South Wales	4,503	4,487	4,382	4,795	9.4
	Victoria	4,424	4,472	4,344	4453	2.5
	Queensland	3,465	3,622	3,575	3,950	10.5
	South Australia	3,546	3,560	3,545	3,731	5.2
	Western Australia	4,187	4,212	4,342	4,670	7.6
	Tasmania	2,947	3,016	3,142	3,348	6.6
	Northern Territory	3,119	3,259	2,581	2,746	6.4
	Australian Capital Territory	4,131	4,570	4,551	4,779	5.0
	Average	3,790	3,900	3,808	4,059	6.6
Commonwealth government		17,254	18,107	17,513	18,734	7.0
All levels of government		21,343	22,247	21,585	23,096	7.0

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 2021 (previously used cat. no. 3101.0). Details of the calculation are in "Taxation per capita" section of the methodology.

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Government Finance Statistics, Annual

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

The 2020-21 issue of Government Finance Statistics, Annual was published on 26 April 2022.

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