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Australia: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$)

-6.75Bcurrent USD · 2025-181.7% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Australia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-6,750,963,116.896
202413,922,516,577.789
202313,309,360,337.366
2022127,349,650,740.622
20219,248,437,110.784
20207,399,159,696.98
20198,898,748,982.953
20181,031,754,868.789
201710,004,858,409.686
2016-3,108,643,986.263
20158,258,809,107.189
201422,565,879,021.46
2013-769,705,628.089
20125,763,649,125.055
20118,250,639,449.121
201018,068,580,537.975
200911,463,844,142.24
200831,887,673,440.919
200714,420,781,947.979
200624,082,532,470.058
2005-32,713,394,186.509
20049,785,047,534.031
200318,597,832,802.751
20026,974,350,065.65
200113,380,829,228.787
20004,095,019,475.21
1999311,364,927.775
19984,666,647,575.319
19976,082,141,450.059
19965,006,395,609.782
19954,045,649,269.079
19941,827,817,069.02
19932,545,789,066.23
19923,835,344,660.467
1991-1,172,055,088.815
1990633,078,140.354
19893,024,469,774.876
19886,845,793,844.88
19875,099,497,262.2
19863,418,517,751
19851,886,318,083
19841,403,222,409.4
1983518,013,351.2
1982692,794,029.1
1981733,152,152
1980460,008,835.8
1979343,154,404.9
1978235,789,936.3
1977266,127,020.2
1976267,633,242.2
1975161,021,952.6
1974240,884,044.4
1973255,864,630.5
1972128,771,023.6
1971104,498,074.1
1970111,363,907.1

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-outflows (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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