Australia vs United Kingdom: Expense, Transactions

Australia
1.03 trillion
in 2025
United Kingdom
1.34 trillion
in 2025
Australia rank
17th
United Kingdom rank
15th

Expense, Transactions over time

  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
250.0B500.0B750.0B1.0T1.2T199920122025

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 1.34 trillion against 1.03 trillion in Australia, a difference of 309.78 billion.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 17th and United Kingdom ranks 15th of 35 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia United Kingdom Difference Ahead
2000s 354.86 billion 632.27 billion 277.41 billion United Kingdom
2010s 566.49 billion 805.25 billion 238.76 billion United Kingdom
2020s 896.74 billion 1.19 trillion 290.58 billion United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expense, transactions, Australia or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 1.34 trillion against 1.03 trillion in Australia as of 2025.
What is the difference in expense, transactions between Australia and United Kingdom?
309.78 billion, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United Kingdom?
22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Australia and United Kingdom rank globally for expense, transactions?
Australia ranks 17th and United Kingdom ranks 15th of 35 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Monetary Fund, published as Expense, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Expense, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
35 places, 879 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.