International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics

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Supplementary statistics on Australia's international investment position by counterpart countries

Reference period
2022
Released
3/05/2023
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Key statistics

  • Australia’s IIP was a liability of $856.8b at 31 December 2022, a rise of $81.7b from the end of 2021.
  • Foreign investment in Australia rose $432.9b to $4,598.8b.
  • Australian investment abroad rose $351.2b to $3,742.0b.

Level of investment

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Level of foreign investment in Australia

The following graph and all subsequent graphs illustrate the levels of foreign investment from select countries and country groups for the past 5 years (2018-2022).

The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

Top 20 countries

Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
Total all countries3,601,3043,910,1374,013,4834,104,1464,530,657
United States of America957,9261,015,134925,9491,049,5281,092,200
United Kingdom615,323723,567770,060722,1301,007,007
Belgium315,313347,962408,639393,912359,016
Japan234,392244,532265,094257,954257,369
Singapore89,20298,885115,933121,497148,606
Hong Kong (SAR of China)123,163143,222139,280124,075132,864
Canada53,32359,51764,73975,52399,619
Luxembourg78,53687,469106,99792,38288,961
Netherlands83,92688,92684,40388,34987,575
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)69,58480,55481,16491,43785,138
Switzerland50,55858,44161,92669,48874,128
New Zealand48,65266,46268,35869,14572,197
France49,13634,59642,92843,42754,048
Germany48,50050,13346,90348,59652,519
Bermuda46,96445,14542,44942,54245,361
Ireland23,49329,90337,57440,36238,539
India14,84716,082np27,77834,496
Norway19,71625,07125,55928,29930,065
Korea, Republic of (South)30,82931,25531,13329,77928,147
Virgin Islands, British23,98724,38325,35023,54122,998

Level of Australian investment abroad

    Levels of foreign investment from select countries and country groups for the past 5 years (2018-2022):

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

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    Top 20 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries2,564,7732,959,7663,024,3803,329,0783,673,863
    United States of America730,620837,647870,8841,106,6111,073,341
    United Kingdom431,978540,268624,115536,605835,991
    New Zealand98,064133,078108,133103,009151,891
    Japan114,156139,584108,528127,860125,652
    Cayman Islands79,45382,32980,86894,191104,206
    Canada80,48882,35193,87988,689103,272
    France54,07052,21261,36464,41282,001
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)59,89566,38569,26564,03880,386
    Singapore73,86784,22863,15059,72776,197
    Germany73,85197,64787,09999,60271,639
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)79,33385,44567,05970,51362,481
    Netherlands45,82044,24746,01451,21857,871
    Ireland15,53021,28736,79550,03149,365
    Bermuda38,24239,02038,22739,17641,686
    Switzerland26,66433,74730,23934,97236,733
    Luxembourg21,43419,35819,02322,82427,893
    Korea, Republic of (South)21,37322,25325,09626,97327,311
    Papua New Guinea17,41417,06017,33124,96826,207
    Taiwan10,15716,81715,80320,39117,636
    India15,61519,82015,61919,84117,580

    Financial account transactions

    The financial account at 31 December 2022 recorded a deficit of $22.2b, following a deficit of $61.1b recorded at the end of 2021.

    Foreign investment in Australia, direct and portfolio investment transactions

    • Direct investment recorded an inflow of $88.8b; and
    • Portfolio investment recorded an inflow of $159.6b

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries90,43255,93719,73727,82188,849
    Canada7,2744,7471,2678,86520,286
    United Kingdom7,99627,6105,3019,85713,424
    Netherlands-5,4414,9802602,5703,055
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)4,3854,3241,5832,659-2,859
    Sweden3337432992,4302,497
    United States of America24,0701,493-13,696-8,8512,026
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)1,4571,931-7623081,804
    Singapore4,3664,5983,5037,812-1,677
    Jerseynpnpnp4211,185
    Japan9,25811,96620,4343,6201,084

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries61,24336,80363,15076,969159,635
    United States of America-10,246-6,078-35,61760,14645,437
    United Kingdom42,539-4,410-32,47633,50735,079
    Belgium14,81027,52562,8649,30326,485
    Japan-3,801-5,7089,635-9,2346,986
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)12,9066,824-5,306-7,760-6,781
    France2,854-2,0833,4126,5336,146
    Canada-185-45247-7065,507
    Singapore-707-2,0169,021-4954,888
    Switzerland5971,9875,0776,6644,239
    Norway1,3442,4161,213-1074,217

    Australian investment abroad, direct and portfolio investment transactions

    • Direct investment recorded an outflow of $168.0b; and
    • Portfolio investment recorded an outflow of $37.4b

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

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    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries10,47114,3278,7694,528168,044
    United Kingdom12,89714,087206-16,613109,653
    New Zealand-6763,5522,0504,24513,422
    United States of America4,1253,7295,55311,82711,822
    Canada7,1572,4121,992-2,54711,062
    Singapore2861,2022,0781,8466,575
    Netherlands608np3664913,026
    Papua New Guinea-486681npnp2,324
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,008274-850-67-1,703
    Germany980500-365np-1,078
    United Arab Emiratesnp5227np360

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

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    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries81,11281,46485,079158,10837,440
    United Kingdom4,87410,5563,0796,4967,522
    France5,452-8,7526,6454,0116,037
    Ireland1,0651,1092,7022,643-5,821
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)2,3663,016-3,654-1,2365,432
    Canada5,5992,01410,2042,6474,480
    Netherlands2,439985-1,0144,6623,498
    United States of America23,10025,21165,20889,1363,415
    New Zealand-6592,9012,4373613,283
    Germany-883-193-3,108822-3,226
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)4,3486,826-5,5195,9622,412

    Primary income

    Income debits

    Income debits totalled $192.9b during 2022, an increase of $77.5b from 2021.

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

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    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries118,278117,82780,753115,382192,937
    United States of America29,05228,86520,59727,81846,882
    United Kingdom14,49614,2116,65811,96625,731
    Japan11,66912,5477,30013,86125,055
    Belgium7,7355,0083,0464,64010,867
    Singapore1,9072,8232,0803,5015,322
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,1982,7511,7373,3734,407
    Netherlands3,2763,5103,5144,7214,381
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)3,1733,5171,9472,1633,379
    Luxembourg2,2762,1171,5622,0643,283
    Ireland1,1441,1671,1842,0002,498

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    Income credits

    Income credits totalled $88.9b during 2022, an increase of $22.1b from 2021.

    The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2018-2022.

    Top 10 countries

    Country2018 ($m)2019 ($m)2020 ($m)2021 ($m)2022 ($m)
    Total all countries61,40565,70359,16066,78888,869
    United States of America16,18117,84316,21321,94125,358
    United Kingdom4,5766,2504,0915,41710,033
    New Zealand5,4364,5842,5624,7636,985
    Singapore1,2181,8552,7212,4684,030
    Canada1,3241,1471,2401,2103,325
    Germany2,2372,1101,8082,1912,244
    Netherlands1,4551,2939419981,684
    Japan1,0771,2811,2871,3361,656
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)2,0832,5141,8021,3961,557
    France1,2471,1271,1098351,379

    Data downloads

    Data files

    Changes in this issue

    Revisions

    Revisions include incorporation of new estimates from the latest survey and administrative data which has resulted in revisions to International Investment data back to calendar year 2018.

    Rounding

    Discrepancies may occur between totals in this publication and the same aggregates from other sources, and between sums of component items and totals due to rounding.

    Inquiries

    For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or International Accounts in Canberra at international.accounts@abs.gov.au.

    Previous catalogue number

    This release previously used catalogue number 5352.0

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