In the financial year 2019, the Australian government spent over 105 billion Australian dollars on education in total. Government spending on education rose steadily from 2009 to 2019 with the smallest increase occurring between the 2011 and 2012 financial years.
Operating expenses on education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2019
(in billion Australian dollars)
Characteristic
Operating expenses in billion Austrailian dollars
2019
105.1
2018
99.58
2017
95.36
2016
91.25
2015
88.51
2014
85.78
2013
83.94
2012
80.94
2011
80.58
2010
76.31
2009
66.07
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