Of total health spending in 2019–20, more than half (56.1%) was spent in New South Wales ($62.5 billion) and Victoria ($51.0 billion) combined. These states also represented more than half (around 58%) of the Australian population (Figure 3; Table 37).
From 2018–19 to 2019–20, growth in total spending ranged from –1.9% in Tasmania to 4.9% in the Australian Capital Territory (note that the decline in Tasmania was caused by a drop in capital expenditure, with recurrent expenditure increasing by 1.8% in 2019–20).