Of total health spending in 2020–21, more than half (56.1%) was spent in New South Wales ($67.4 billion) and Victoria ($56.5 billion) combined. These states also represented more than half (around 57%) of the Australian population (Figure 3; Table 37).
From 2019–20 to 2020–21, growth in total spending ranged from 2.0% in the Northern Territory to 9.6% in Western Australia.