$ million - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's current account balance was $-27,220 as of April 2026. Australia's current account balance each quarter: trade in goods and services, plus income and transfers, with the rest of the world. A deficit is normal for Australia. The current account shows whether Australia is a net lender to or borrower from the rest of the world, and how reliant the economy is on foreign capital. Data is sourced from ABS Balance of Payments (Cat. 5302.0) - current account balance, seasonally adjusted and updated quarterly.
Australia's current account balance each quarter: trade in goods and services, plus income and transfers, with the rest of the world. A deficit is normal for Australia.
The current account shows whether Australia is a net lender to or borrower from the rest of the world, and how reliant the economy is on foreign capital.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Balance of Payments (Cat. 5302.0) - current account balance, seasonally adjusted
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Balance of Payments (Cat. 5302.0) - current account balance, seasonally adjusted), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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