International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics

Latest release

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

Reference period

2023

Released

1/05/2024

Next release 7/05/2025

Key statistics

Australia’s IIP was a liability of $836.6b at 31 December 2023, a decline of $107.5b from the end of 2022.
Foreign investment in Australia rose $62.8b to $4,659.5b.
Australian investment abroad rose $170.3b to $3,822.9b.

Level of investment

Level of investment, by components, 31 December 2023
	Foreign Investment in Australia ($b)	Australian Investment Abroad ($b)
Direct Investment	1,180.4	1,038.9
Portfolio Investment - equity	858.2	1,203.1
Portfolio Investment - debt	1,428.6	462.8
Financial Derivatives	522.9	510.2
Other Investment	669.3	513.0
Reserve Assets	0.0	94.8

Level of investment, by components, 31 December 2023

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

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International Investment Position, by year (2002 - 2023)
	International Investment Position ($b)	Foreign Investment in Australia ($b)	Australian Investment Abroad ($b)
2002	399.2	955.2	556.0
2003	439.0	1,044.7	605.7
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	1,044.6	4,056.4	3,011.9
2021	838.6	4,160.3	3,321.7
2022	944.1	4,596.7	3,652.6
2023	836.6	4,659.5	3,822.9

International Investment Position, by year (2002 - 2023)

["","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 (2019-2023).

Level of foreign investment in Australia, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	3,943.5	1,015.0	723.4	689.4	243.8	133.9	143.5	59.8	79.8	66.4
2020	4,056.4	934.0	768.6	781.0	263.0	151.5	143.5	65.1	84.4	68.3
2021	4,160.3	1,052.8	680.3	768.1	255.8	158.3	130.5	76.0	95.0	68.8
2022	4,596.7	1,097.0	964.4	743.1	258.8	185.8	138.6	104.7	87.8	73.1
2023	4,659.5	1,170.7	879.0	786.6	265.2	180.7	146.6	103.8	88.0	79.5

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

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

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Top 20 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	3,943,526	4,056,438	4,160,319	4,596,710	4,659,501
United States of America	1,015,032	933,976	1,052,750	1,096,960	1,170,719
United Kingdom	723,392	768,631	680,252	964,443	878,973
Belgium	347,962	408,639	393,979	359,208	379,074
Japan	243,821	262,978	255,833	258,820	265,164
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	143,491	143,505	130,511	138,643	146,577
Singapore	99,528	118,035	124,892	150,291	140,800
Luxembourg	87,999	107,482	92,217	88,545	103,903
Canada	59,837	65,082	75,974	104,724	103,795
Netherlands	88,753	85,201	90,125	90,619	91,713
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	79,838	84,413	94,976	87,769	87,977
New Zealand	66,445	68,341	68,773	73,106	79,470
Switzerland	59,043	63,759	74,571	76,941	76,157
Germany	47,936	46,507	50,477	51,580	53,645
France	34,596	42,958	43,459	52,353	51,157
India	16,082	na	29,233	na	47,267
Bermuda	45,145	42,449	44,825	47,903	47,130
Ireland	29,903	37,575	40,479	38,935	42,467
Norway	24,906	25,453	28,630	30,383	33,077
Korea, Republic of (South)	31,255	31,134	29,765	28,140	29,311
Malaysia	22,340	18,953	19,586	19,811	24,945

Level of Australian investment abroad

Levels of foreign investment from select countries and country groups for the past 5 years (2019-2023):

Level of Australian investment abroad, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	2,944.5	842.1	540.4	329.3	140.7	125.3	67.1	82.8	85.6	133.5
2020	3,011.9	877.5	623.0	346.2	109.3	94.8	69.8	94.5	67.4	109.1
2021	3,321.7	1,115.0	528.6	399.0	129.1	92.9	63.8	92.2	70.2	104.1
2022	3,652.6	1,065.2	822.9	398.2	126.0	103.5	77.3	106.2	59.7	153.7
2023	3,822.9	1,196.0	732.1	460.2	135.5	101.4	74.7	109.2	55.3	172.0

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

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

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

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Top 20 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	2,944,508	3,011,888	3,321,721	3,652,576	3,822,867
United States of America	842,084	877,510	1,115,042	1,065,194	1,196,017
United Kingdom	540,441	622,987	528,649	822,864	732,096
New Zealand	133,526	109,105	104,132	153,658	171,973
Japan	140,744	109,331	129,109	125,993	135,511
Canada	82,798	94,519	92,194	106,201	109,183
Cayman Islands	82,685	81,403	94,997	105,224	101,853
France	52,617	61,891	65,366	81,013	91,205
Germany	98,165	88,603	101,455	72,839	83,163
Singapore	84,160	63,360	59,336	74,205	75,928
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	67,054	69,800	63,818	77,333	74,710
Ireland	21,581	37,125	49,764	48,762	68,173
Netherlands	44,566	46,343	51,649	57,575	56,537
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	85,638	67,372	70,169	59,688	55,312
Bermuda	39,075	38,337	39,379	42,131	41,723
Switzerland	34,114	30,607	35,728	37,068	40,067
Luxembourg	19,468	19,142	22,474	27,378	31,067
Korea, Republic of (South)	22,475	25,441	27,335	27,266	29,828
Papua New Guinea	17,126	17,399	24,928	25,753	26,391
Taiwan	16,961	16,019	20,703	17,254	22,872
India	20,008	15,869	20,381	17,953	22,238

Financial account transactions

The financial account at 31 December 2023 recorded a deficit of $33.2b, following a deficit of $24.1b recorded at the end of 2022.

Foreign investment in Australia, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Direct investment recorded an inflow of $45.0b; and
Portfolio investment recorded an inflow of $82.0b

Foreign investment in Australia, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	55.4	0.6	27.6	-2.7	11.3	4.2	1.9	5.1	4.6	-0.7
2020	20.6	-13.9	5.3	5.5	19.0	2.9	-0.5	1.3	2.2	0.6
2021	31.8	-8.4	9.9	7.9	2.2	8.6	0.9	8.9	3.2	-0.7
2022	91.4	1.2	15.2	8.4	2.9	-2.1	2.4	25.7	-3.4	1.6
2023	45.0	35.8	21.8	-8.0	9.0	1.0	0.5	-0.8	0.9	-0.3

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

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

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	55,433	20,578	31,768	91,352	44,965
United States of America	612	-13,854	-8,404	1,196	35,793
United Kingdom	27,610	5,301	9,914	15,227	21,794
Netherlands	4,973	164	2,625	2,795	-11,864
Japan	11,251	19,007	2,189	2,948	9,021
Bermuda	-8	-2,390	na	3,784	2,584
France	-14,837	-545	253	88	2,317
Malaysia	200	-174	583	358	1,705
Germany	1,626	800	1,677	941	1,284
Singapore	4,583	3,692	8,063	-2,940	-920
Sweden	743	299	2,430	2,504	888

Foreign investment in Australia, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	39.9	-3.0	-4.8	32.3	-5.7	-0.9	6.8	0.0	0.9	13.1
2020	50.2	-35.4	-33.4	89.2	9.6	6.8	-5.3	0.2	0.8	0.8
2021	74.5	72.0	-6.1	5.7	-8.0	1.3	-6.9	-0.7	0.6	0.6
2022	139.9	43.5	34.2	35.3	7.0	6.4	-6.8	5.5	1.9	0.3
2023	82.0	-17.6	3.6	55.4	-1.7	5.0	11.8	-2.1	-0.2	0.0

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

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	39,896	50,234	74,524	139,924	81,986
Belgium	27,525	62,864	9,303	26,488	32,037
Luxembourg	4,991	18,776	-12,648	4,058	18,247
United States of America	-2,990	-35,367	72,004	43,523	-17,561
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	6,751	-5,333	-6,864	-6,777	11,846
France	-2,081	3,423	6,518	6,144	-4,142
United Kingdom	-4,786	-33,366	-6,065	34,212	3,561
Malaysia	-450	-3,009	839	1,047	3,239
Netherlands	-2,720	-371	-1,618	-2,757	3,114
Canada	-44	248	-704	5,517	-2,068
Singapore	-2,010	9,035	198	5,064	1,862

Australian investment abroad, direct and portfolio investment transactions

Direct investment recorded an outflow of $14.8b; and
Portfolio investment recorded an outflow of $108.2b

Australian investment abroad, Direct investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	12.5	3.9	14.1	0.0	na	1.8	-0.5	2.4	0.3	3.6
2020	8.1	5.8	0.2	2.6	na	2.7	0.3	1.8	-0.9	2.1
2021	4.1	12.1	-16.6	0.1	-0.1	1.2	1.6	-2.6	-0.1	4.1
2022	170.2	12.3	112.4	6.5	na	5.3	-0.1	11.0	-1.7	13.4
2023	14.8	4.7	9.1	3.2	0.1	0.4	-1.3	-1.0	-0.4	9.6

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

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

[["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023"],[[12.542],[8.1479999999999997],[4.1280000000000001],[170.18899999999999],[14.785]],[[3.8540000000000001],[5.7779999999999996],[12.052],[12.27],[4.7089999999999996]],[[14.145],[0.192],[-16.649000000000001],[112.384],[9.0790000000000006]],[[0.025999999999999999],[2.5739999999999998],[0.13],[6.5490000000000004],[3.2130000000000001]],[[null],[null],[-0.079000000000000001],[null],[0.14799999999999999]],[[1.79],[2.6619999999999999],[1.157],[5.3259999999999996],[0.36499999999999999]],[[-0.47299999999999998],[0.30299999999999999],[1.6040000000000001],[-0.076999999999999999],[-1.2789999999999999]],[[2.4119999999999999],[1.8480000000000001],[-2.552],[10.975],[-0.98699999999999999]],[[0.27400000000000002],[-0.84999999999999998],[-0.067000000000000004],[-1.736],[-0.436]],[[3.577],[2.0499999999999998],[4.1079999999999997],[13.439],[9.5540000000000003]]]

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Signage not applied

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	12,542	8,148	4,128	170,189	14,785
New Zealand	3,577	2,050	4,108	13,439	9,554
United Kingdom	14,145	192	-16,649	112,384	9,079
United States of America	3,854	5,778	12,052	12,270	4,709
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	-473	303	1,604	-77	-1,279
Canada	2,412	1,848	-2,552	10,975	-987
Argentina	na	na	91	35	682
Singapore	1,207	1,959	1,846	6,320	680
Bermuda	na	349	228	203	-674
Netherlands	na	377	491	3,026	661
Germany	500	-365	na	-1,227	500

Australian investment abroad, Portfolio investment transactions, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	84.5	25.9	10.5	-9.5	7.7	11.0	3.0	2.0	6.8	2.9
2020	54.3	60.7	3.2	6.4	3.7	4.4	-3.7	10.2	-5.5	2.5
2021	186.1	88.1	6.8	20.6	17.1	4.7	-1.2	2.9	6.0	0.5
2022	26.2	4.0	6.0	6.1	-1.9	-2.2	4.3	4.7	1.8	4.1
2023	108.2	42.1	6.4	29.7	3.9	13.0	0.4	2.7	7.4	3.3

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

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

[["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023"],[[84.475999999999999],[54.348999999999997],[186.142],[26.196999999999999],[108.18600000000001]],[[25.916],[60.68],[88.097999999999999],[3.9580000000000002],[42.064999999999998]],[[10.548],[3.1579999999999999],[6.7699999999999996],[6.04],[6.423]],[[-9.5180000000000007],[6.4260000000000002],[20.609999999999999],[6.0499999999999998],[29.739999999999998]],[[7.7160000000000002],[3.6640000000000001],[17.050999999999998],[-1.865],[3.8740000000000001]],[[10.973000000000001],[4.4269999999999996],[4.6790000000000003],[-2.1819999999999999],[13.045999999999999]],[[2.9929999999999999],[-3.722],[-1.2290000000000001],[4.3399999999999999],[0.41099999999999998]],[[2.0419999999999998],[10.24],[2.899],[4.6639999999999997],[2.7330000000000001]],[[6.843],[-5.5049999999999999],[5.9509999999999996],[1.8400000000000001],[7.4269999999999996]],[[2.8879999999999999],[2.504],[0.45600000000000002],[4.0860000000000003],[3.3490000000000002]]]

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Signage not applied

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	84,476	54,349	186,142	26,197	108,186
United States of America	25,916	60,680	88,098	3,958	42,065
Singapore	6,945	7,335	3,683	-920	13,138
Ireland	1,112	2,703	2,014	-6,163	10,045
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	6,843	-5,505	5,951	1,840	7,427
United Kingdom	10,548	3,158	6,770	6,040	6,423
Germany	-120	-3,116	1,047	-2,810	3,901
Japan	7,716	3,664	17,051	-1,865	3,874
Taiwan	2,096	-1,574	2,560	202	3,718
France	-8,668	6,850	4,429	7,746	3,397
Luxembourg	-675	-1,348	-4,919	1,742	3,372

Primary income

Income debits

Income debits totalled $173.7b during 2023, a decrease of $21.5b from 2022.

Foreign investment in Australia, income debits, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	118.1	28.9	14.2	16.6	12.5	3.1	3.4	1.9	2.8	0.9
2020	80.4	20.4	6.6	11.6	7.3	1.7	1.7	1.2	1.8	1.2
2021	115.8	28.4	12.0	18.4	13.9	3.9	1.9	1.4	3.4	1.4
2022	195.2	50.2	24.6	25.5	23.7	6.3	3.1	1.7	4.5	2.1
2023	173.7	50.1	21.6	30.0	18.1	5.3	3.1	1.9	3.9	1.6

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

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

[["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023"],[[118.09099999999999],[80.445999999999998],[115.833],[195.203],[173.74100000000001]],[[28.864999999999998],[20.364000000000001],[28.414999999999999],[50.186],[50.109000000000002]],[[14.209],[6.6470000000000002],[12.029999999999999],[24.623000000000001],[21.620000000000001]],[[16.609999999999999],[11.621],[18.398],[25.532],[30.024000000000001]],[[12.548],[7.3019999999999996],[13.861000000000001],[23.719000000000001],[18.077999999999999]],[[3.1200000000000001],[1.679],[3.871],[6.2670000000000003],[5.266]],[[3.395],[1.653],[1.8799999999999999],[3.0979999999999999],[3.1280000000000001]],[[1.8879999999999999],[1.1819999999999999],[1.3899999999999999],[1.7250000000000001],[1.944]],[[2.7650000000000001],[1.8140000000000001],[3.3809999999999998],[4.4829999999999997],[3.9140000000000001]],[[0.84999999999999998],[1.1719999999999999],[1.355],[2.121],[1.5760000000000001]]]

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Signage not applied

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	118,091	80,446	115,831	195,203	173,741
United States of America	28,865	20,364	28,415	50,186	50,109
United Kingdom	14,209	6,647	12,030	24,623	21,620
Japan	12,548	7,302	13,861	23,719	18,078
Belgium	5,008	3,046	4,640	10,871	13,745
Netherlands	3,469	3,460	4,833	4,305	4,629
Singapore	2,743	1,994	3,498	5,463	4,383
Luxembourg	2,119	1,575	2,075	3,295	4,186
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	2,765	1,814	3,381	4,483	3,914
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	3,395	1,653	1,880	3,098	3,128
Ireland	1,167	1,184	2,000	2,567	2,481

Income credits

Income credits totalled $92.6b during 2023, an increase of $3.8b from 2022.

Australian investment abroad, income credits, by country/country group, by year
	Total all countries ($b)	United States of America ($b)	United Kingdom ($b)	EU (excludes UK) ($b)	Japan ($b)	ASEAN ($b)	Hong Kong (SAR of China) ($b)	Canada ($b)	China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) ($b)	New Zealand ($b)
2019	65.5	17.9	6.3	6.8	1.3	3.2	0.5	1.2	2.5	4.6
2020	59.0	16.6	4.1	5.3	1.3	3.8	0.8	1.2	1.8	2.6
2021	66.5	22.9	5.4	6.2	1.4	3.3	0.6	1.2	1.4	4.8
2022	88.8	26.3	10.1	8.2	1.7	4.9	1.0	3.4	1.6	6.3
2023	92.6	26.3	10.1	10.8	2.1	4.0	1.6	2.9	1.8	5.8

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

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

[["2019","2020","2021","2022","2023"],[[65.530000000000001],[58.950000000000003],[66.507999999999996],[88.798000000000002],[92.554000000000002]],[[17.888000000000002],[16.641999999999999],[22.911000000000001],[26.327999999999999],[26.324000000000002]],[[6.2560000000000002],[4.1100000000000003],[5.4329999999999998],[10.116],[10.067]],[[6.8230000000000004],[5.3250000000000002],[6.1749999999999998],[8.1890000000000001],[10.834]],[[1.2909999999999999],[1.306],[1.3520000000000001],[1.6519999999999999],[2.149]],[[3.1829999999999998],[3.7909999999999999],[3.3199999999999998],[4.9029999999999996],[4.0190000000000001]],[[0.48699999999999999],[0.84299999999999997],[0.629],[1.048],[1.5920000000000001]],[[1.1499999999999999],[1.248],[1.226],[3.4119999999999999],[2.8980000000000001]],[[2.5150000000000001],[1.8069999999999999],[1.399],[1.5569999999999999],[1.8420000000000001]],[[4.585],[2.5630000000000002],[4.7640000000000002],[6.2699999999999996],[5.7910000000000004]]]

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The EU figures in the graph above, represent EU27 (excluding UK) for all years 2019-2023.

Top 10 countries

Country	2019 ($m)	2020 ($m)	2021 ($m)	2022 ($m)	2023 ($m)
Total all countries	65,530	58,950	66,508	88,798	92,554
United States of America	17,888	16,642	22,911	26,328	26,324
United Kingdom	6,256	4,110	5,433	10,116	10,067
New Zealand	4,585	2,563	4,764	6,270	5,791
Canada	1,150	1,248	1,226	3,412	2,898
Singapore	1,855	2,723	2,468	3,795	2,854
Germany	2,112	1,825	2,200	2,080	2,477
Japan	1,291	1,306	1,352	1,652	2,149
France	1,129	1,117	836	1,362	2,078
Netherlands	1,295	947	1,003	1,677	1,964
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	2,515	1,807	1,399	1,557	1,842

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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 5. Australian investment abroad: level of investment by country and country groups by type of investment and year ($million)
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Table 6. Australian investment abroad: income credits by country and country groups by type of income and year ($million)
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Table 7. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency ($million)
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Table 8. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector ($million)
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Table 9. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - equity securities ($million)
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Table 10. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities ($million)
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Table 11. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities - long term ($million)
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Table 12. Portfolio investment assets by country of residency by sector - debt securities - short term ($million)
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Table 13. Portfolio investment liabilities by country of residency ($million)
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Table 14. Foreign investment in Australia: financial account transactions by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)
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Table 15. Foreign investment in Australia: level of investment at 31 December by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)
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Table 16. Australian investment abroad: financial account transactions by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)
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Table 17. Australian investment abroad: level of investment at 31 December by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)
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Table 18. Foreign investment in Australia: primary income debits by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment in Australia ($million)
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Table 19. Australian investment abroad: primary income credits by industry division (ANZSIC) - direct investment abroad ($million)
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Changes in this issue

Change to country labels

Gaza strip and West Bank changed to ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’
Vatican City changed to ‘Holy See’
Turkey changed to ‘Turkiye’
American Samoa changed to 'Samoa, American'
French Southern and Antarctic Lands changed to 'French Southern Territories'
Netherlands Antilles changed to 'Netherlands Antilles, nfd'
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) changed to 'Slovakia'

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 2006.

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

Methodology

International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics methodology, 2023

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Key statistics

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

Primary income

Income debits

Top 10 countries

Income credits

Top 10 countries

Data downloads

Tables

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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Revisions

Rounding

Inquiries

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