Our investment

Nationally, based on spending by function, health ranked 3rd at $112.693 billion behind social security and welfare ($266.693 billion) and expenses for other purposes ($137.810 billion) in 2024–25. This was 15.3% of Australian Government’s expenses.¹

In 2024–25, health expenditure ranked 1st for general Queensland government sector expenses at 29.5% followed by education at 23.4%.²

Understanding areas of health expenditure, costs per person, and spending by health condition identifies the drivers of health spending.

This section includes:

• health expenditure by source and broad area
• expenditure by condition, per person, and by risk factor.

National healthcare expenditure information in also available for selected health conditions in Our health and for risk factors in Our lifestyle.