Australia External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Australia External Debt: % of GDP

• Australia External Debt accounted for 107.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 112.8 % in the previous year.
• Australia External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1988 to Dec 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 132.3 % in Dec 2020 and a record low of 43.2 % in Dec 1988.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly External Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides External Debt in local currency and Nominal GDP in local currency.


Related information about Australia External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Australia, Current Account recorded a deficit of 13.8 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 10.5 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Australia Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 731.8 USD mn in Dec 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 34.6 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• The country's External Debt reached 2,049,794.5 in Dec 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 451.4 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Australia's External Debt: % of GDP from 1988 to 2025 in the chart:

What was Australia's External Debt: % of GDP in 2025?

Australia External Debt accounted for 107.6 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2025, compared with the ratio of 112.8 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
107.6 2025	112.8 2024	43.2 1988	132.3 2020	%	yearly	1988 - 2025

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