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, 2021-22 publication is an Insights into Government Finance Statistics, Annual, 2021-22 which provides additional analysis related to taxation revenue.
Taxation revenue
All Australia total taxation revenue continued to grow, reaching $683.0b in 2021-22 (up 15.2%), while taxation revenue as a percentage of GDP was 29.6%.
Positive annual growth was recorded for all levels of government across all states and territories. Northern Territory and Victoria recorded the highest annual growths in state and local combined taxation revenue per capita (up 31.9% and 24.7% respectively, which exceeded the average of 17.3%).
- using the GDP annual, current prices series as published in Table 36 in the December quarter 2022 issue in Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product.
| 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 to 2021-22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $m | $m | $m | $m | % change | ||
| Commonwealth government | 455,849 | 447,687 | 481,032 | 550,635 | 14.5 | |
| Less intergovernmental taxes | 11 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 73.3 | |
| Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes | 455,837 | 447,676 | 481,017 | 550,609 | 14.5 | |
| State government | ||||||
| New South Wales | 31,413 | 30,800 | 34,115 | 39,506 | 15.8 | |
| Victoria | 23,827 | 23,374 | 23,905 | 31,011 | 29.7 | |
| Queensland | 14,165 | 14,120 | 16,192 | 20,010 | 23.6 | |
| South Australia | 4,606 | 4,583 | 4,965 | 5,695 | 14.7 | |
| Western Australia | 8,580 | 9,011 | 9,980 | 11,584 | 16.1 | |
| Tasmania | 1,201 | 1,272 | 1,386 | 1,556 | 12.3 | |
| Northern Territory | 662 | 489 | 530 | 741 | 39.8 | |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1,934 | 1,949 | 2,059 | 2,424 | 17.7 | |
| Total | 86,389 | 85,598 | 93,132 | 112,528 | 20.8 | |
| Less intergovernmental taxes | 1,045 | 1,073 | 1,103 | 923 | -16.3 | |
| Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes | 85,343 | 84,525 | 92,029 | 111,605 | 21.3 | |
| Local government | ||||||
| New South Wales | 4,809 | 5,021 | 5,193 | 5,362 | 3.3 | |
| Victoria | 5,368 | 5,560 | 5,760 | 5,985 | 3.9 | |
| Queensland | 4,146 | 4,254 | 4,337 | 4,567 | 5.3 | |
| South Australia | 1,602 | 1,661 | 1,696 | 1,749 | 3.1 | |
| Western Australia | 2,423 | 2,504 | 2,517 | 2,567 | 2.0 | |
| Tasmania | 419 | 434 | 441 | 459 | 4.1 | |
| Northern Territory | 138 | 144 | 146 | 151 | 3.4 | |
| Total | 18,904 | 19,578 | 20,089 | 20,840 | 3.7 | |
| Less intergovernmental taxes | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | -3.3 | |
| Tax revenue net of intergovernmental taxes | 18,876 | 19,549 | 20,059 | 20,811 | 3.7 | |
| Total all levels of government | 560,057 | 551,751 | 593,105 | 683,025 | 15.2 | |
| 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 to 2021-22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | $ | % change | ||
| State and local government | ||||||
| New South Wales | 4,512 | 4,416 | 4,843 | 5,537 | 14.3 | |
| Victoria | 4,510 | 4,395 | 4,520 | 5,638 | 24.7 | |
| Queensland | 3,621 | 3,574 | 3,952 | 4,663 | 18.0 | |
| South Australia | 3,531 | 3,505 | 3,707 | 4,120 | 11.2 | |
| Western Australia | 4,158 | 4,265 | 4,566 | 5,110 | 11.9 | |
| Tasmania | 2,935 | 3,026 | 3,202 | 3,510 | 9.6 | |
| Northern Territory | 3,237 | 2,557 | 2,713 | 3,578 | 31.9 | |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4,440 | 4,372 | 4,561 | 5,346 | 17.2 | |
| Average | 4,178 | 4,112 | 4,408 | 5,171 | 17.3 | |
| Commonwealth government | 18,125 | 17,538 | 18,762 | 21,365 | 13.9 | |
| All levels of government | 22,268 | 21,615 | 23,133 | 26,501 | 14.6 | |
- 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 2022 (previously used cat. no. 3101.0). Details of the calculation are in "Taxation per capita" section of the methodology.