Current account balance in Australia
The current account balance of Australia was -2.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.
Australia, 2025
-2.8%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
0.6%
Current account balance in Australia over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | -2.3% |
| 2023 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.3% |
| 2021 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | -3.6% |
| 2015 | -4.3% |
| 2014 | -3.1% |
| 2013 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | -4.4% |
| 2011 | -3.3% |
| 2010 | -4.0% |
| 2009 | -5.2% |
| 2008 | -4.9% |
| 2007 | -7.6% |
| 2006 | -6.2% |
| 2005 | -6.2% |
| 2004 | -6.7% |
| 2003 | -6.3% |
| 2002 | -4.0% |
| 2001 | -2.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from -2.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -4.3%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.