{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"au-government-debt-gdp","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/au-government-debt-gdp","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/au-government-debt-gdp/","title":"Australia Central Government Debt (% of GDP) (2022)","description":"Australia's Central Government Debt (% of GDP): 57.9 % of GDP in 2022, -11.9pp YoY. 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Government debt levels set the fiscal space for stimulus and directly price sovereign credit risk. It is published by World Bank and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2022. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1990–2022 (33 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 69.8 % of GDP in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 11.9 in 1991. The latest reading of 57.9 in 2022 represents a change of -11.9pp."}]}