World Bank · Financial Sector
Australia: Net foreign assets
-136.13Bcurrent LCU · 2025+58.2% since 2015
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current LCU) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -136,133,665,282.873 | |
| 2024 | -212,692,900,934.891 | |
| 2023 | -517,307,294,599.683 | |
| 2022 | -712,363,780,633.453 | |
| 2021 | -719,772,688,229.767 | |
| 2020 | -461,655,665,833.663 | |
| 2019 | -137,752,727,724.827 | |
| 2018 | -359,600,137,347.182 | |
| 2017 | -322,215,779,699.885 | |
| 2016 | -316,301,851,292.464 | |
| 2015 | -325,531,813,432.285 | |
| 2014 | -332,856,005,381.908 | |
| 2013 | -334,137,734,463.395 | |
| 2012 | -331,361,833,043.112 | |
| 2011 | -317,099,747,631.145 | |
| 2010 | -337,297,043,386.898 | |
| 2009 | -379,310,550,554.136 | |
| 2008 | -331,552,891,228.129 | |
| 2007 | -323,617,832,405.969 | |
| 2006 | -228,616,333,424.734 | |
| 2005 | -177,536,423,917.532 | |
| 2004 | -137,966,565,117.538 | |
| 2003 | -106,072,602,127.708 | |
| 2002 | -84,302,771,674.485 | |
| 2001 | -90,804,001,426.719 | |
| 2000 | -72,094,290,436.68 | |
| 1999 | -51,776,366,693.21 | |
| 1998 | -55,427,061,687.069 | |
| 1997 | -35,254,317,931.262 | |
| 1996 | -30,193,115,589.314 | |
| 1995 | -24,471,517,443.251 | |
| 1994 | -16,062,920,103.885 | |
| 1993 | -25,080,219,750.868 | |
| 1992 | -20,627,007,258.394 | |
| 1991 | -13,285,010,445.177 | |
| 1990 | -5,835,259,772.313 | |
| 1989 | 1,724,191,004.92 | |
| 1988 | 10,337,173,661.017 | |
| 1987 | 7,282,528,559.446 | |
| 1986 | 6,584,902,279.783 | |
| 1985 | 9,539,764,704.361 | |
| 1984 | 11,008,031,767.456 | |
| 1983 | 12,325,047,370.604 | |
| 1982 | 8,559,855,686.056 | |
| 1981 | 3,481,111,038.208 | |
| 1980 | 5,146,205,321.152 | |
| 1979 | 3,265,739,207.259 | |
| 1978 | 2,709,271,686.199 | |
| 1977 | 2,346,914,302.967 | |
| 1976 | 2,125,773,331.144 | |
| 1975 | 2,696,244,078.273 | |
| 1974 | 2,909,441,479.65 | |
| 1973 | 3,692,170,064.304 | |
| 1972 | 4,575,820,876.864 | |
| 1971 | 2,657,464,308.035 | |
| 1970 | 1,555,000,012.084 | |
| 1969 | 1,330,000,000 | |
| 1968 | 1,365,000,000 | |
| 1967 | 1,285,000,000 | |
| 1966 | 1,408,000,000 | |
| 1965 | 1,341,000,000 | |
| 1964 | 1,731,000,000 | |
| 1963 | 1,618,000,000 | |
| 1962 | 1,210,000,000 | |
| 1961 | 1,049,544,657.592 | |
| 1960 | 828,000,000 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
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