Merchandise imports — all countries

Merchandise imports — Australia

Merchandise imports in Australia in 2025 — 310,631,000,000 US$. Ranked 24 in the world out of 205. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11,569.1%.

2025 311B US$ +4.82% vs 2024
World rank 24of 205
Period maximum 311B US$2025
Period minimum 2.37B US$1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Merchandise imports — Australia, 1960–20250100B200B300B400B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,662,000,000 US$1962: 2,540,000,000 US$1964: 3,318,000,000 US$1966: 3,612,000,000 US$1968: 4,366,000,000 US$1970: 5,056,000,000 US$1972: 5,028,000,000 US$1974: 11,982,000,000 US$1976: 12,232,000,000 US$1978: 15,567,000,000 US$1980: 22,399,000,000 US$1982: 26,667,000,000 US$1984: 25,919,000,000 US$1986: 26,104,000,000 US$1988: 36,095,000,000 US$1990: 41,985,000,000 US$1992: 43,807,000,000 US$1994: 53,425,000,000 US$1996: 65,427,000,000 US$1998: 64,630,000,000 US$2000: 71,529,000,000 US$2002: 72,690,000,000 US$2004: 109,384,000,000 US$2006: 139,253,000,000 US$2008: 200,273,000,000 US$2010: 201,639,000,000 US$2012: 260,940,000,000 US$2014: 237,352,000,000 US$2016: 196,270,000,000 US$2018: 235,386,000,000 US$2020: 211,824,000,000 US$2022: 309,189,000,000 US$2024: 296,340,000,000 US$2025: 310,631,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +308B (+11,569.08%) Average annual rate: 7.6 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Australia 311B US$
World 26.69T US$
Australia and New Zealand computed 358B US$
High-income countries computed 17.7T US$
Merchandise imports — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 311B +14.29B +4.82%
2024 296B +8.93B +3.11%
2023 287B −21.78B −7.05%
2022 309B +48.02B +18.39%
2021 261B +49.34B +23.29%
2020 212B −9.74B −4.4%
2019 222B −13.82B −5.87%
2018 235B +6.61B +2.89%
2017 229B +32.51B +16.56%
2016 196B −12.23B −5.87%
2015 209B −28.85B −12.16%
2014 237B −4.79B −1.98%
2013 242B −18.8B −7.2%
2012 261B +17.24B +7.07%
2011 244B +42.06B +20.86%
2010 202B +36.17B +21.86%
2009 165B −34.8B −17.38%
2008 200B +34.94B +21.13%
2007 165B +26.08B +18.73%
2006 139B +13.97B +11.15%
2005 125B +15.9B +14.53%
2004 109B +20.3B +22.79%
2003 89.08B +16.39B +22.55%
2002 72.69B +8.8B +13.78%
2001 63.89B −7.64B −10.68%
2000 71.53B +2.37B +3.43%
1999 69.16B +4.53B +7.01%
1998 64.63B −1.26B −1.92%
1997 65.89B +465M +0.71%
1996 65.43B +4.14B +6.76%
1995 61.28B +7.86B +14.71%
1994 53.43B +7.85B +17.22%
1993 45.58B +1.77B +4.04%
1992 43.81B +2.16B +5.18%
1991 41.65B −337M −0.8%
1990 41.99B −2.95B −6.56%
1989 44.93B +8.84B +24.49%
1988 36.1B +6.78B +23.12%
1987 29.32B +3.21B +12.31%
1986 26.1B +215M +0.83%
1985 25.89B −30M −0.12%
1984 25.92B +4.46B +20.79%
1983 21.46B −5.21B −19.53%
1982 26.67B +452M +1.72%
1981 26.22B +3.82B +17.04%
1980 22.4B +4.21B +23.13%
1979 18.19B +2.62B +16.86%
1978 15.57B +2.06B +15.22%
1977 13.51B +1.28B +10.46%
1976 12.23B +1.54B +14.35%
1975 10.7B −1.29B −10.72%
1974 11.98B +4.59B +62.07%
1973 7.39B +2.37B +47.04%
1972 5.03B −200M −3.83%
1971 5.23B +172M +3.4%
1970 5.06B +518M +11.41%
1969 4.54B +172M +3.94%
1968 4.37B +442M +11.26%
1967 3.92B +312M +8.64%
1966 3.61B −150M −3.99%
1965 3.76B +444M +13.38%
1964 3.32B +542M +19.52%
1963 2.78B +236M +9.29%
1962 2.54B +171M +7.22%
1961 2.37B −293M −11.01%
1960 2.66B

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

AU Australia 311B NZ New Zealand 47.55B

About the indicator

The value of imports of goods (excluding services) in current US dollars from WTO data, on a CIF basis. Together with merchandise exports it gives the merchandise trade balance — the indicator most often discussed in the context of a “trade deficit” between particular countries.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.