Australia — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1861–2030 · 170 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

For Australia, the current account reading stood at −2.23% of GDP in 2025. Against −1.7% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.53 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of −0.54% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1861–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1959–2026
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
2030-2.04 % of GDP
2029-1.98 % of GDP
2028-1.95 % of GDP
2027-1.87 % of GDP
2026-2.34 % of GDP
15 earlier values
2025-2.23 % of GDP
2024-1.7 % of GDP
20230.24 % of GDP
20220.82 % of GDP
20212.92 % of GDP
20202.28 % of GDP
20190.35 % of GDP
2018-2.25 % of GDP
2017-2.6 % of GDP
2016-3.29 % of GDP
2015-4.67 % of GDP
2014-3.08 % of GDP
2013-3.37 % of GDP
2012-4.36 % of GDP
2011-3 % of GDP

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.