Foreign direct investment outflows — all countries

Foreign direct investment outflows — Australia

Foreign direct investment outflows in Australia in 2025 — -4,547,861,169 US$. Ranked 88 in the world out of 91. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 4,183.8%.

2025 -4.55B US$ −132.64% vs 2024
World rank 88of 91
Period maximum 127B US$2022
Period minimum -32.71B US$2005

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Foreign direct investment outflows — Australia, 1970–2025-50B050B100B150B19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 111,363,907 US$1971: 104,498,074 US$1972: 128,771,024 US$1973: 255,864,631 US$1974: 240,884,044 US$1975: 161,021,953 US$1976: 267,633,242 US$1977: 266,127,020 US$1978: 235,789,936 US$1979: 343,154,405 US$1980: 460,008,836 US$1981: 733,152,152 US$1982: 692,794,029 US$1983: 518,013,351 US$1984: 1,403,222,409 US$1985: 1,886,318,083 US$1986: 3,418,517,751 US$1987: 5,099,497,262 US$1988: 6,845,793,845 US$1989: 3,024,469,775 US$1990: 633,078,140 US$1991: -1,172,055,089 US$1992: 3,835,344,660 US$1993: 2,545,789,066 US$1994: 1,827,817,069 US$1995: 4,045,649,269 US$1996: 5,006,395,610 US$1997: 6,082,141,450 US$1998: 4,666,647,575 US$1999: 311,364,928 US$2000: 4,095,019,475 US$2001: 13,380,829,229 US$2002: 6,974,350,066 US$2003: 18,597,832,803 US$2004: 9,785,047,534 US$2005: -32,713,394,187 US$2006: 24,082,532,470 US$2007: 14,420,781,948 US$2008: 31,887,673,441 US$2009: 11,463,844,142 US$2010: 18,068,580,538 US$2011: 8,250,639,449 US$2012: 5,763,649,125 US$2013: -769,705,628 US$2014: 22,565,879,021 US$2015: 8,258,809,107 US$2016: -3,108,643,986 US$2017: 10,004,858,410 US$2018: 1,031,754,869 US$2019: 8,898,748,983 US$2020: 7,399,159,697 US$2021: 9,248,437,111 US$2022: 127,349,650,741 US$2023: 13,309,360,337 US$2024: 13,933,785,624 US$2025: -4,547,861,169 US$
Change over the period: −4.66B (−4,183.78%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia -4.55B US$
World 1.49T US$
Australia and New Zealand computed -4.52B US$
Foreign direct investment outflows — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -4.55B −18.48B −132.64%
2024 13.93B +624M +4.69%
2023 13.31B −114B −89.55%
2022 127B +118B +1,276.99%
2021 9.25B +1.85B +24.99%
2020 7.4B −1.5B −16.85%
2019 8.9B +7.87B +762.49%
2018 1.03B −8.97B −89.69%
2017 10B +13.11B +421.84%
2016 -3.11B −11.37B −137.64%
2015 8.26B −14.31B −63.4%
2014 22.57B +23.34B +3,031.75%
2013 -770M −6.53B −113.35%
2012 5.76B −2.49B −30.14%
2011 8.25B −9.82B −54.34%
2010 18.07B +6.6B +57.61%
2009 11.46B −20.42B −64.05%
2008 31.89B +17.47B +121.12%
2007 14.42B −9.66B −40.12%
2006 24.08B +56.8B +173.62%
2005 -32.71B −42.5B −434.32%
2004 9.79B −8.81B −47.39%
2003 18.6B +11.62B +166.66%
2002 6.97B −6.41B −47.88%
2001 13.38B +9.29B +226.76%
2000 4.1B +3.78B +1,215.18%
1999 311M −4.36B −93.33%
1998 4.67B −1.42B −23.27%
1997 6.08B +1.08B +21.49%
1996 5.01B +961M +23.75%
1995 4.05B +2.22B +121.34%
1994 1.83B −718M −28.2%
1993 2.55B −1.29B −33.62%
1992 3.84B +5.01B +427.23%
1991 -1.17B −1.81B −285.14%
1990 633M −2.39B −79.07%
1989 3.02B −3.82B −55.82%
1988 6.85B +1.75B +34.24%
1987 5.1B +1.68B +49.17%
1986 3.42B +1.53B +81.23%
1985 1.89B +483M +34.43%
1984 1.4B +885M +170.89%
1983 518M −175M −25.23%
1982 693M −40.36M −5.5%
1981 733M +273M +59.38%
1980 460M +117M +34.05%
1979 343M +107M +45.53%
1978 236M −30.34M −11.4%
1977 266M −1.51M −0.56%
1976 268M +107M +66.21%
1975 161M −79.86M −33.15%
1974 241M −14.98M −5.85%
1973 256M +127M +98.7%
1972 129M +24.27M +23.23%
1971 104M −6.87M −6.17%
1970 111M

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NZ New Zealand 23.86M AU Australia -4.55B

About the indicator

Net outflows of foreign direct investment — investment by residents of a country in enterprises abroad in which they hold at least 10% of the voting shares. High outward FDI is typical of countries with large multinational companies and an accumulated current account surplus.

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