Australia Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account

BOP: Capital Account: Net

1989 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Capital Account: Net data was reported at -434.381 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of -492.531 USD mn for 2022. AU: BOP: Capital Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -286.811 USD mn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2023, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 248.032 USD mn in 2006 and a record low of -726.250 USD mn in 2020. AU: BOP: Capital Account: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net capital account records acquisitions and disposals of nonproduced nonfinancial assets, such as land sold to embassies and sales of leases and licenses, as well as capital transfers, including government debt forgiveness. The use of the term capital account in this context is designed to be consistent with the System of National Accounts, which distinguishes between capital transactions and financial transactions. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Last Frequency Range
-434.381 2023 yearly 1989 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Capital Account: Net

BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows

1970 - 2022 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 70.085 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 27.804 USD bn for 2021. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 8.023 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.085 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of -25.093 USD bn in 2005. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
70,084.936 2022 yearly 1970 - 2022

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows

BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP

1970 - 2023 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 1.900 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.057 % for 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.093 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.981 % in 2004 and a record low of -3.607 % in 2005. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
1.900 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP

BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows

1970 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 14.908 USD bn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 124.352 USD bn for 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 3.627 USD bn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 124.352 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of -32.713 USD bn in 2005. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
14,908.292 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows

BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP

1970 - 2023 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.865 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.345 % for 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.625 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.345 % in 2022 and a record low of -4.702 % in 2005. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
0.865 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP

BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows

1960 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at -18.090 USD bn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47.250 USD bn for 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 1.061 USD bn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.250 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of -24.586 USD bn in 2004. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
-18,090.042 2023 yearly 1960 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows

BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net

1989 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data was reported at 14.894 USD bn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of -80.266 USD bn for 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -12.271 USD bn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2023, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 84.920 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of -80.266 USD bn in 2022. AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio investment covers transactions in equity securities and debt securities. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.

Last Frequency Range
14,893.841 2023 yearly 1989 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net

BOP: Net Errors and Omissions

1989 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 10.278 USD bn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.956 USD bn for 2022. AU: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 380.978 USD mn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2023, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.278 USD bn in 2023 and a record low of -9.733 USD bn in 2015. AU: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Last Frequency Range
10,277.926 2023 yearly 1989 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Net Errors and Omissions

BOP: Reserves and Related Items

1989 - 2023 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

AU: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at 1.277 USD bn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.704 USD bn for 2022. AU: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.740 USD bn from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2023, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.438 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of -35.147 USD bn in 2007. AU: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.

Last Frequency Range
1,276.519 2023 yearly 1989 - 2023

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Australia BOP: Reserves and Related Items
AU: BOP: Capital Account: Net
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net
AU: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
AU: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
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