🇦🇺 Australia National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Australia government debt. The national debt currently stands at approximately $950.1 billion, growing at $800 every second based on IMF fiscal deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 54%. Per-citizen share: $35,583.
About Australia's National Debt
Australia maintains a debt-to-GDP ratio of 54%, broadly within the range the IMF considers sustainable for a developed economy with strong institutions.
At the current borrowing rate of $800 per second, Australia adds approximately $0.1 billion to its national debt every day — around $25 billion per year. Each of Australia's 27 million citizens carries an individual share of approximately $35,583 of the national debt.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock using linear extrapolation from IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Bank International Debt Statistics baseline data anchored to April 2025. Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Data & Citation
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook · World Bank International Debt Statistics · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 920,000,000,000 + 800 × seconds_since(2025-04-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=au (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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