# Australia Government final consumption expenditure (ABS ANA_EXP)

Australia Government final consumption expenditure (ABS ANA_EXP) was up 2.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 159,682 AUD million, chain volume.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.2% (Q1 2023) to 8.8% (Q1 2022), averaging 4.7%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.GOVCONS.Q.REAL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: AUD million, chain volume
- Coverage: 1959-07-01 to 2026-04-01 (268 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/government-final-consumption-expenditure-abs-ana-exp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 159,682 AUD million, chain volume | 2.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 158,806 AUD million, chain volume | 2.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 159,537 AUD million, chain volume | 3.2 |
| Q3 2025 | 158,467 AUD million, chain volume | 3.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 156,588 AUD million, chain volume | 3.6 |
| Q1 2025 | 155,114 AUD million, chain volume | 3.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 154,526 AUD million, chain volume | 5.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 153,887 AUD million, chain volume | 5.2 |
| Q2 2024 | 151,140 AUD million, chain volume | 4.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 149,420 AUD million, chain volume | 4.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 146,690 AUD million, chain volume | 2.6 |
| Q3 2023 | 146,264 AUD million, chain volume | 2.9 |
| Q2 2023 | 144,457 AUD million, chain volume | 1.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 143,488 AUD million, chain volume | 0.2 |
| Q4 2022 | 143,022 AUD million, chain volume | 2.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 142,143 AUD million, chain volume | 2.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 142,359 AUD million, chain volume | 6.4 |
| Q1 2022 | 143,175 AUD million, chain volume | 8.8 |
| Q4 2021 | 139,468 AUD million, chain volume | 6.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 138,187 AUD million, chain volume | 6.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 133,836 AUD million, chain volume | 5.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 131,612 AUD million, chain volume | 5.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 131,326 AUD million, chain volume | 7.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 130,165 AUD million, chain volume | 8.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.GOVCONS.Q.REAL"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.GOVCONS.Q.REAL",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```