Australia Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Australia Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Australia Current Account deficit accounted for 2.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2025, compared with a 2.3 % deficit in the previous quarter.
• Australia Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Sep 1959 to Sep 2025, with an average value of -3.8 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 3.3 % in Sep 2021 and a record low of -7.3 % in Dec 2007.

CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Current Account Balance and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides Current Account Balance in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Key information about Australia Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Australia, Current Account recorded a deficit of 10.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 8.2 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Australia Direct Investment Abroad fell by 2.0 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 51.1 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 451.4 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Australia's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from Sep 1959 to Sep 2025 in the chart:

What was Australia's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in Sep 2025?

Australia Current Account deficit accounted for 2.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2025, compared with a 2.3 % deficit in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
-2.3 Sep 2025	-2.3 Jun 2025	-7.3 Dec 2007	3.3 Sep 2021	%	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Sep 2025

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