International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics

Latest release

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

Reference period

2024

Released

7/05/2025

Next release Unknown

Release date and time

07/05/2025 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

Australia’s International Investment Position (IIP) was a liability of $653.2b at 31 December 2024, a decline of $165.5b from the end of 2023.
Foreign investment in Australia rose $326.9b to $4,970.6b.
Australian investment abroad rose $492.4b to $4,317.4b.

Level of investment

Level of investment, by components, 31 December 2024
	Foreign Investment in Australia ($b)	Australian Investment Abroad ($b)
Direct Investment	1,280.4	1,199.1
Portfolio Investment - equity	885.5	1,542.3
Portfolio Investment - debt	1,631.1	509.0
Financial Derivatives	412.8	387.5
Other Investment	760.7	572.4
Reserve Assets	0.0	107.1

Level of investment, by components, 31 December 2024

["","Foreign Investment in Australia","Australian Investment Abroad"]

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International Investment Position, by year (2004 - 2024)
	International Investment Position ($b)	Foreign Investment in Australia ($b)	Australian Investment Abroad ($b)
2004	488.3	1,208.3	720.0
2005	529.0	1,305.4	776.4
2006	589.8	1,555.8	966.0
2007	642.4	1,758.4	1,116.0
2008	705.4	1,832.1	1,126.7
2009	760.8	1,962.5	1,201.7
2010	754.8	2,036.1	1,281.3
2011	804.7	2,114.6	1,310.0
2012	829.7	2,281.7	1,452.0
2013	839.3	2,560.5	1,721.2
2014	870.0	2,853.5	1,983.5
2015	977.0	3,109.8	2,132.8
2016	1,026.6	3,289.1	2,262.5
2017	1,051.5	3,410.2	2,358.7
2018	1,079.9	3,630.2	2,550.3
2019	999.0	3,943.5	2,944.5
2020	1,051.4	4,063.0	3,011.6
2021	857.3	4,176.7	3,319.5
2022	953.3	4,609.9	3,656.7
2023	818.6	4,643.6	3,825.0
2024	653.2	4,970.6	4,317.4

International Investment Position, by year (2004 - 2024)

["","International Investment Position","Foreign Investment in Australia","Australian Investment Abroad"]

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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 (2020-2024).

Level of foreign investment in Australia, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	4,063.0	934.9	767.2	781.8	263.6	151.9	146.5	68.3	65.5	83.6
2021	4,176.7	1,057.2	677.6	769.8	257.6	158.7	136.0	68.7	76.5	92.2
2022	4,609.9	1,094.5	962.9	745.6	264.6	184.7	146.7	73.0	105.2	80.4
2023	4,643.6	1,152.1	877.3	789.4	270.1	181.3	154.3	78.6	104.0	79.3
2024	4,970.6	1,355.5	839.1	869.3	282.9	182.0	180.8	85.2	111.2	73.4

Level of foreign investment in Australia, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

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Top 20 countries

Level of foreign investment in Australia, Top 20 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	4,063,006	4,176,742	4,609,935	4,643,645	4,970,561
United States of America	934,900	1,057,241	1,094,528	1,152,096	1,355,501
United Kingdom	767,207	677,601	962,870	877,316	839,050
Belgium	408,639	393,977	359,402	379,247	386,079
Japan	263,572	257,577	264,633	270,058	282,907
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	146,495	136,036	146,670	154,285	180,806
Singapore	118,153	125,457	149,722	142,449	144,808
Luxembourg	107,482	92,217	88,688	104,385	114,106
Canada	65,503	76,548	105,212	104,034	111,173
Germany	46,919	51,460	53,751	55,675	89,839
Netherlands	85,202	90,132	90,686	91,635	88,883
Switzerland	63,758	74,570	76,191	74,903	88,074
New Zealand	68,280	68,731	73,006	78,639	85,230
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	83,623	92,202	80,357	79,329	73,427
France	43,420	43,940	52,858	51,482	67,895
Bermuda	42,458	44,834	47,912	47,130	57,392
Ireland	37,575	41,176	39,634	43,673	51,346
India	na	29,233	na	47,267	50,643
Norway	25,453	28,592	30,291	32,921	42,920
Virgin Islands, British	27,986	32,196	35,405	33,367	33,706
Korea, Republic of (South)	31,134	29,765	28,140	28,464	28,389

Level of Australian investment abroad

Levels of foreign investment from select countries and country groups for the past 5 years (2020-2024):

Level of Australian investment abroad, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	3,011.6	877.8	622.9	346.0	109.3	94.7	69.8	109.2	94.7	67.4
2021	3,319.5	1,115.9	525.1	398.6	129.1	93.2	63.8	104.4	93.0	70.0
2022	3,656.7	1,068.0	820.9	399.5	126.0	103.9	77.4	154.0	108.0	59.6
2023	3,825.0	1,196.9	739.1	451.3	133.6	100.1	74.7	170.6	110.0	54.9
2024	4,317.4	1,552.5	698.5	478.9	165.3	102.0	75.9	204.8	130.5	58.0

Level of Australian investment abroad, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

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Top 20 countries

Level of Australian investment abroad, Top 20 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	3,011,649	3,319,457	3,656,667	3,824,999	4,317,395
United States of America	877,809	1,115,894	1,068,041	1,196,933	1,552,498
United Kingdom	622,918	525,130	820,854	739,105	698,493
New Zealand	109,234	104,407	153,975	170,642	204,807
Japan	109,331	129,078	125,997	133,620	165,256
Canada	94,700	92,961	107,995	110,043	130,506
Cayman Islands	81,403	94,869	105,223	101,661	120,896
France	61,891	65,366	81,033	90,950	103,253
Singapore	63,274	59,625	74,239	74,537	78,290
Ireland	37,134	49,776	48,756	66,866	76,442
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	69,801	63,838	77,371	74,673	75,878
Germany	88,405	101,300	74,204	74,742	64,747
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	67,369	70,047	59,579	54,871	57,980
Netherlands	46,343	51,644	57,576	56,176	55,289
Bermuda	38,337	39,379	42,130	41,648	42,335
Luxembourg	19,142	22,475	27,500	31,715	37,816
Switzerland	30,607	35,727	37,065	40,084	36,655
Taiwan	16,019	20,703	17,254	23,029	35,089
Korea, Republic of (South)	25,442	27,336	27,267	29,811	29,624
Papua New Guinea	17,399	24,925	25,756	28,363	29,032
India	15,562	20,134	17,809	22,195	27,622

Financial account transactions

The financial account at 31 December 2024 recorded a deficit of $52.8b, following a deficit of $2.5b recorded at the end of 2023.

Foreign investment in Australia, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Direct investment recorded an inflow of $81.0b; and
Portfolio investment recorded an inflow of $191.6b

Foreign investment in Australia, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	23.9	-13.3	5.4	6.4	19.0	3.0	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.1
2021	36.0	-7.8	9.3	8.3	2.2	9.1	2.9	-0.7	9.0	0.6
2022	95.1	1.2	15.9	9.5	5.9	-3.2	5.5	1.5	25.6	-8.2
2023	46.0	39.4	21.5	-8.8	8.9	1.1	0.5	-0.2	-1.0	-0.5
2024	81.0	14.8	9.8	14.8	18.3	4.7	3.0	-0.1	1.4	0.8

Foreign investment in Australia, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

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Top 10 countries

Foreign investment in Australia, Direct investment transactions, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	23,861	35,980	95,068	46,024	81,003
Japan	19,000	2,172	5,912	8,914	18,281
United States of America	-13,343	-7,796	1,207	39,352	14,847
United Kingdom	5,402	9,255	15,923	21,504	9,808
Bermuda	-2,390	na	3,784	2,587	5,904
Ireland	2,098	910	1,137	-292	5,176
France	-85	253	60	1,780	4,341
Singapore	3,820	8,516	-4,062	-454	3,729
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	713	2,882	5,539	475	3,001
Netherlands	164	2,618	2,781	-12,265	2,447
Canada	1,599	9,033	25,636	-983	1,383

Foreign investment in Australia, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	49.5	-35.5	-33.9	89.1	9.6	6.7	-5.3	0.8	0.2	0.8
2021	74.3	73.0	-7.2	5.4	-8.0	1.2	-6.9	0.6	-0.7	0.6
2022	139.8	43.1	34.8	35.1	7.0	6.1	-6.8	0.3	5.5	1.9
2023	81.0	-15.1	2.5	55.9	-1.6	5.2	11.7	-0.5	-2.0	0.2
2024	191.6	61.7	12.5	80.0	0.4	-0.7	3.3	2.5	2.7	-0.7

Foreign investment in Australia, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

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Top 10 countries

Foreign investment in Australia, Portfolio investment transactions, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	49,477	74,257	139,827	80,974	191,607
United States of America	-35,494	72,983	43,087	-15,076	61,731
Belgium	62,864	9,303	26,488	31,946	29,646
United Kingdom	-33,871	-7,165	34,756	2,544	12,503
Luxembourg	18,776	-12,648	4,058	18,230	9,779
Norway	1,280	344	4,222	514	7,670
France	3,423	6,518	6,144	-4,002	3,542
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	-5,327	-6,862	-6,779	11,704	3,280
Bermuda	149	254	-262	-10	3,242
Canada	248	-704	5,516	-2,041	2,716
Ireland	4,008	904	-1,497	1,877	2,481

Australian investment abroad, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Direct investment recorded an outflow of $21.3b; and
Portfolio investment recorded an outflow of $146.8b

Australian investment abroad, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	7.9	5.7	0.1	2.6	na	2.6	0.3	2.1	1.9	-0.9
2021	3.7	11.7	-16.7	0.2	-0.1	1.0	1.6	4.3	-2.3	-0.2
2022	172.3	12.2	112.3	8.0	na	5.3	-0.1	13.4	11.7	-1.7
2023	17.2	6.6	12.0	3.7	0.1	-0.1	-0.6	9.8	-1.9	-0.4
2024	21.3	16.7	9.5	7.2	0.1	2.2	-0.1	0.8	2.0	-0.7

Australian investment abroad, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

[["2020","2021","2022","2023","2024"],[[7.912486276],[3.719927957],[172.270568],[17.17950894],[21.3187832]],[[5.73473],[11.68489],[12.22298],[6.609231],[16.701346]],[[0.146079],[-16.717512],[112.292895],[12.006619],[9.520926]],[[2.550856],[0.245319],[8.037735],[3.74737],[7.228798]],[[null],[-0.082329],[null],[0.122039],[0.06558]],[[2.553765],[0.970198],[5.31666],[-0.073889],[2.153953]],[[0.302584],[1.60762],[-0.091611],[-0.617073],[-0.144679]],[[2.050404],[4.308662],[13.429686],[9.818021],[0.795593]],[[1.858678],[-2.303274],[11.654731],[-1.884493],[1.963536]],[[-0.850385],[-0.184365],[-1.735842],[-0.447172],[-0.67646]]]

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Top 10 countries

Australian investment abroad, Direct investment transactions, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	7,912	3,720	172,271	17,180	21,319
United States of America	5,735	11,685	12,223	6,609	16,701
United Kingdom	146	-16,718	112,293	12,007	9,521
Singapore	1,864	1,603	6,310	296	3,904
Canada	1,859	-2,303	11,655	-1,884	1,964
Papua New Guinea	na	na	2,346	na	1,563
Germany	-387	na	237	536	1,238
Cayman Islands	na	228	na	-71	1,001
Malaysia	363	-120	-362	-165	-968
Netherlands	377	491	3,026	856	845
New Zealand	2,050	4,309	13,430	9,818	796

Australian investment abroad, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	55.1	61.1	3.2	6.6	3.7	4.4	-3.7	2.5	10.2	-5.5
2021	186.2	88.1	6.8	20.6	17.1	4.7	-1.2	0.5	2.9	6.0
2022	26.2	3.9	6.0	6.0	-1.9	-2.3	4.3	4.1	4.7	1.8
2023	95.8	41.2	6.3	27.6	2.4	12.5	0.6	2.9	2.8	7.8
2024	146.8	106.8	4.0	-0.9	-4.7	-5.0	-2.9	6.5	10.1	0.8

Australian investment abroad, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

[["2020","2021","2022","2023","2024"],[[55.13355337],[186.1788864],[26.24410044],[95.83584206],[146.7886081]],[[61.06039905],[88.0525719],[3.934430935],[41.21806853],[106.8131452]],[[3.204674261],[6.769915544],[6.039787265],[6.287365815],[3.95774567]],[[6.566833437],[20.61038819],[6.049721775],[27.58222835],[-0.858919174]],[[3.710568967],[17.0513482],[-1.865238109],[2.435496748],[-4.744578378]],[[4.445235854],[4.745402937],[-2.274065029],[12.48210317],[-5.000156206]],[[-3.695066485],[-1.228871213],[4.340009183],[0.5643852],[-2.947653898]],[[2.509765693],[0.457950361],[4.089422127],[2.885330909],[6.458175395]],[[10.24418106],[2.899343378],[4.663954412],[2.77230551],[10.1169921]],[[-5.487914412],[5.951487761],[1.839761392],[7.816355323],[0.835167471]]]

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Top 10 countries

Australian investment abroad, Portfolio investment transactions, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	55,134	186,179	26,244	95,836	146,789
United States of America	61,060	88,053	3,934	41,218	106,813
Canada	10,244	2,899	4,664	2,772	10,117
Cayman Islands	14,599	301	1,945	-3,367	9,668
Germany	-3,095	1,047	-2,810	3,839	-6,907
New Zealand	2,510	458	4,089	2,885	6,458
Singapore	7,343	3,750	-1,011	12,491	-5,545
Japan	3,711	17,051	-1,865	2,435	-4,745
Luxembourg	-1,348	-4,919	1,742	2,995	4,145
United Kingdom	3,205	6,770	6,040	6,287	3,958
France	6,866	4,429	7,746	3,205	3,706

Primary income

Income debits

Income debits totalled $174.1b during 2024, a decrease of $2.8b from 2023.

Foreign investment in Australia, income debits, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	80.8	20.4	6.6	11.6	7.3	1.7	1.6	1.2	1.2	1.8
2021	116.5	28.6	12.0	18.4	13.8	3.9	1.9	1.4	1.4	3.4
2022	196.2	50.4	25.3	25.5	23.3	6.3	3.1	2.1	1.7	4.5
2023	176.9	51.5	22.9	29.8	18.1	5.1	3.3	1.6	2.1	4.2
2024	174.1	51.1	19.3	32.8	17.0	4.5	3.2	1.6	2.7	2.8

Foreign investment in Australia, income debits, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

[["2020","2021","2022","2023","2024"],[[80.7719981],[116.4844853],[196.1980812],[176.889633],[174.1215061]],[[20.41185533],[28.61291479],[50.40160606],[51.54051686],[51.14096583]],[[6.644948159],[12.02543696],[25.25839422],[22.92352102],[19.33035166]],[[11.62091808],[18.35291509],[25.49076991],[29.80647518],[32.76968455]],[[7.295531266],[13.84877576],[23.2675984],[18.07607128],[16.95522356]],[[1.679316068],[3.870822577],[6.256811811],[5.09495678],[4.525844879]],[[1.646209447],[1.867615712],[3.094969657],[3.334689878],[3.171667655]],[[1.171654499],[1.354662707],[2.116498709],[1.611408534],[1.574119912]],[[1.198590224],[1.39396471],[1.743490326],[2.101377445],[2.716102529]],[[1.813520698],[3.365601305],[4.465959215],[4.193312308],[2.790307315]]]

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Top 10 countries

Foreign investment in Australia, income debits, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	80,772	116,484	196,198	176,890	174,122
United States of America	20,412	28,613	50,402	51,541	51,141
United Kingdom	6,645	12,025	25,258	22,924	19,330
Japan	7,296	13,849	23,268	18,076	16,955
Belgium	3,046	4,640	10,871	13,752	15,266
Netherlands	3,460	4,826	4,278	4,543	5,063
Luxembourg	1,575	2,075	3,295	4,113	4,388
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	1,646	1,868	3,095	3,335	3,172
Singapore	1,994	3,498	5,461	4,237	2,914
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	1,814	3,366	4,466	4,193	2,790
Canada	1,199	1,394	1,743	2,101	2,716

Income credits

Income credits totalled $105.4b during 2024, an increase of $13.0b from 2023.

Australian investment abroad, income credits, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)
2020	59.0	16.6	4.1	5.3	1.3	3.8	0.8	2.6	1.2	1.8
2021	66.6	23.0	5.4	6.4	1.3	3.3	0.6	4.8	1.3	1.4
2022	88.7	26.3	10.2	8.2	1.7	4.9	1.0	6.3	3.4	1.6
2023	92.5	26.0	10.3	10.9	2.0	3.9	1.6	6.0	2.8	1.8
2024	105.4	27.9	10.7	12.8	2.0	4.2	1.4	6.9	3.8	1.5

Australian investment abroad, income credits, by country/country group, by year

["","Total all countries","United States of America","United Kingdom","EU","Japan","ASEAN","Hong Kong (SAR of China)","New Zealand","Canada","China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)"]

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Top 10 countries

Australian investment abroad, income credits, Top 10 countries
Country	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)	2024 ($m)
Total all countries	58,968	66,603	88,683	92,502	105,410
United States of America	16,643	22,967	26,347	26,040	27,851
United Kingdom	4,116	5,427	10,155	10,264	10,737
New Zealand	2,563	4,768	6,290	5,980	6,874
Canada	1,248	1,254	3,398	2,769	3,824
Singapore	2,714	2,396	3,772	2,689	3,153
Germany	1,825	2,120	2,107	2,563	2,520
France	1,117	836	1,362	2,078	2,448
Netherlands	947	1,003	1,677	1,954	2,208
Japan	1,306	1,349	1,652	2,011	1,991
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	1,807	1,397	1,558	1,814	1,500

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Table 1. Foreign investment in Australia: financial account transactions by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)
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Table 2. Foreign investment in Australia: level of investment by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)
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Table 3. Foreign investment in Australia: income debits by country and country groups by type of income and year ($million)
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Table 4. Australian investment abroad: financial account transactions by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)
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Table 7. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency ($million)
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Table 10. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities ($million)
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8 May 2025

Data downloads 'Table 19. Australian investment abroad: primary income credits by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)' was updated to reflect correct estimates.

20 May 2025

Data downloads 'Table 16. Australian investment abroad: financial account transactions by industry division (ANZSIC) direct investment abroad ($million)' and 'Table 17. Australian investment abroad: level of investment at 31 December by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)' was updated to reflect correct signage.

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Level of investment

Level of foreign investment in Australia

Top 20 countries

Level of Australian investment abroad

Top 20 countries

Financial account transactions

Foreign investment in Australia, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Top 10 countries

Top 10 countries

Australian investment abroad, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Top 10 countries

Top 10 countries

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Top 10 countries

Income credits

Top 10 countries

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Table 1. Foreign investment in Australia: financial account transactions by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)

Table 2. Foreign investment in Australia: level of investment by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)

Table 3. Foreign investment in Australia: income debits by country and country groups by type of income and year ($million)

Table 4. Australian investment abroad: financial account transactions by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)

Table 5. Australian investment abroad: level of investment by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)

Table 6. Australian investment abroad: income credits by country and country groups by type of income and year ($million)

Table 7. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency ($million)

Table 8. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector ($million)

Table 9. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - equity securities ($million)

Table 10. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities ($million)

Table 11. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities - long term ($million)

Table 12. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities - short term ($million)

Table 13. Portfolio investment liabilities by country of residency ($million)

Table 14. Foreign investment in Australia: financial account transactions by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)

Table 15. Foreign investment in Australia: level of investment at 31 December by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)

Table 16. Australian investment abroad: financial account transactions by industry division (ANZSIC) direct investment abroad ($million)

Table 17. Australian investment abroad: level of investment at 31 December by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)

Table 18. Foreign investment in Australia: primary income debits by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)

Table 19. Australian investment abroad: primary income credits by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)

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