Australia vs Croatia: Government spending by function

Australia
26.5%
in 2023
Croatia
27.8%
in 2023
Australia rank
31st
Croatia rank
30th

Government spending by function over time

  • Australia
  • Croatia
0102030200720152023

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 27.8% against 26.5% in Australia, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Croatia ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Croatia ranks 30th of 37 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Government spending by function
Unit
% of government expenditure
Source
OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
37 places, 618 data points, 2007–2024
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