Australia vs Israel: Government spending by function

Australia
26.5%
in 2023
Israel
28.2%
in 2023
Australia rank
31st
Israel rank
29th

Government spending by function over time

  • Australia
  • Israel
0102030200720152023

How they compare

Israel currently reports 28.2% against 26.5% in Australia, a difference of 1.7%.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 31st and Israel ranks 29th 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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