Australia GDP growth rate history

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2.1%Q2 2026Latest published observation

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History starts: Q3 1960
History ends: Q2 2026
Frequency: Quarterly observations
Unit: Percent

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4 observations · Q1 2019 to Q4 2019

Selected historical observations
Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
Q1 2019	2.1%	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Q2 2019	1.7%	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Q3 2019	1.9%	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Q4 2019	2.2%	Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australia GDP growth rate history by year

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Australia GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	2.3%	2.5%Q1 2026	2.1%Q2 2026	▼ −0.4
2025	2.0%	2.6%Q4 2025	1.3%Q1 2025	▲ +1.3
2024	1.0%	1.2%Q4 2024	0.8%Q3 2024	▲ +0.1
2023	2.1%	2.8%Q1 2023	1.3%Q4 2023	▼ −1.5
2022	4.2%	6.1%Q3 2022	3.3%Q4 2022	▼ −0.3
2021	5.4%	10.2%Q2 2021	2.0%Q1 2021	▲ +2.9
2020	−2.0%	1.3%Q1 2020	−5.8%Q2 2020	▼ −1.7
2019	2.0%	2.2%Q4 2019	1.7%Q2 2019	▲ +0.1
2018	2.8%	3.2%Q2 2018	2.4%Q4 2018	▼ −0.6
2017	2.4%	3.1%Q3 2017	2.1%Q2 2017	▲ +0.2
2016	2.7%	3.2%Q2 2016	2.2%Q3 2016	▲ +0.1
2015	2.3%	2.7%Q4 2015	1.9%Q2 2015	▲ +0.5
2014	2.6%	2.9%Q2 2014	2.1%Q4 2014	▼ −0.7
2013	2.2%	2.5%Q4 2013	2.0%Q2 2013	▲ +0.2
2012	3.9%	4.8%Q1 2012	2.8%Q4 2012	▼ −2.0
2011	2.7%	3.5%Q4 2011	1.9%Q1 2011	▲ +1.6
2010	2.4%	2.6%Q4 2010	2.2%Q2 2010	▲ +0.4
2009	2.0%	2.8%Q4 2009	1.5%Q3 2009	▲ +1.2
2008	2.7%	3.4%Q1 2008	1.7%Q4 2008	▼ −1.7
2007	4.4%	4.9%Q2 2007	3.6%Q4 2007	▼ −0.9

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Australia GDP growth rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	2.6%	3.1%Q4 2006	2.3%Q2 2006	▲ +0.6
2005	3.0%	3.2%Q4 2005	2.7%Q2 2005	▲ +0.2
2004	4.1%	5.0%Q2 2004	3.0%Q4 2004	▼ −1.6
2003	3.0%	4.1%Q4 2003	1.7%Q2 2003	▲ +1.0
2002	4.1%	4.9%Q2 2002	3.6%Q4 2002	▼ −0.5
2001	2.6%	4.2%Q4 2001	1.7%Q2 2001	▲ +2.4
2000	3.1%	4.2%Q2 2000	1.2%Q4 2000	▼ −2.4
1999	4.4%	5.3%Q1 1999	3.8%Q3 1999	▼ −1.3
1998	4.7%	5.3%Q1 1998	3.3%Q2 1998	▼ −0.1
1997	4.7%	5.5%Q2 1997	3.1%Q1 1997	▲ +2.3
1996	4.0%	4.5%Q2 1996	3.0%Q3 1996	▼ −0.4
1995	3.0%	3.8%Q3 1995	2.3%Q2 1995	▼ −0.3
1994	4.9%	5.6%Q3 1994	4.2%Q1 1994	▲ +0.6
1993	3.9%	4.5%Q1 1993	3.2%Q4 1993	▼ −1.3
1992	2.6%	4.7%Q4 1992	1.1%Q1 1992	▲ +3.6
1991	−1.0%	−0.5%Q3 1991	−1.4%Q2 1991	▲ +0.2
1990	1.5%	3.5%Q1 1990	0.1%Q3 1990	▼ −2.6
1989	4.6%	5.7%Q3 1989	3.5%Q1 1989	▲ +0.2
1988	4.2%	6.0%Q1 1988	3.0%Q4 1988	▼ −3.0
1987	5.0%	6.6%Q4 1987	2.7%Q1 1987	▲ +3.9
1986	2.1%	4.0%Q1 1986	0.5%Q3 1986	▼ −1.6
1985	5.0%	5.7%Q3 1985	4.2%Q1 1985	▲ +0.6
1984	6.7%	8.3%Q2 1984	5.2%Q4 1984	▼ −1.6
1983	−0.6%	3.3%Q4 1983	−3.4%Q2 1983	▲ +5.6
1982	0.2%	2.4%Q1 1982	−2.2%Q4 1982	▼ −4.6
1981	4.1%	5.8%Q3 1981	2.9%Q1 1981	▲ +0.7
1980	2.9%	3.6%Q2 1980	1.7%Q1 1980	▲ +1.3
1979	4.1%	6.0%Q1 1979	2.9%Q3 1979	▼ −2.0
1978	2.2%	3.9%Q4 1978	0.8%Q2 1978	▲ +2.5
1977	1.4%	2.6%Q2 1977	0.1%Q4 1977	▼ −1.3
1976	4.4%	6.5%Q4 1976	2.0%Q2 1976	▲ +1.6
1975	2.0%	4.9%Q2 1975	−0.4%Q1 1975	▲ +1.3
1974	1.5%	3.8%Q1 1974	−0.7%Q4 1974	▼ −4.5
1973	5.0%	6.4%Q4 1973	3.3%Q2 1973	▲ +1.0
1972	1.9%	3.8%Q2 1972	0.2%Q3 1972	▼ −0.4
1971	3.8%	5.3%Q3 1971	1.9%Q2 1971	▲ +1.0
1970	6.8%	8.3%Q2 1970	4.4%Q4 1970	▼ −3.9
1969	6.7%	8.4%Q1 1969	5.3%Q4 1969	▼ −3.1
1968	5.2%	8.2%Q4 1968	1.7%Q1 1968	▲ +6.5
1967	7.4%	9.0%Q1 1967	6.4%Q3 1967	▼ −2.4
1966	2.8%	4.6%Q4 1966	1.0%Q2 1966	▲ +3.4
1965	5.1%	6.9%Q1 1965	2.4%Q4 1965	▼ −4.5
1964	6.1%	8.8%Q2 1964	4.8%Q1 1964	▲ +1.0
1963	6.3%	7.4%Q4 1963	3.6%Q2 1963	▲ +0.4
1962	5.4%	7.5%Q4 1962	2.1%Q1 1962	▲ +5.4
1961	0.1%	3.1%Q1 1961	−1.7%Q3 1961	▼ −3.5
1960	3.9%	4.5%Q3 1960	3.3%Q4 1960	▼ −1.2

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