Trade balance — all countries

Trade balance — Australia

Trade balance in Australia in 2025 — 10,564,991,460 US$. Ranked 30 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5,429.4%.

2025 10.56B US$ −71.33% vs 2024
World rank 30of 138
Period maximum 88.65B US$2022
Period minimum -29.16B US$2016

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Australia, 1960–2025-50B050B100B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -198,240,032 US$1962: 260,960,042 US$1964: 278,880,045 US$1966: -599,200,096 US$1968: -714,560,114 US$1970: -100,800,016 US$1972: 442,757,009 US$1974: -57,479,735 US$1976: 146,216,890 US$1978: -1,142,531,028 US$1980: 788,857,939 US$1982: -6,378,682,555 US$1984: -2,760,339,500 US$1986: -5,591,074,426 US$1988: -1,557,034,010 US$1990: -5,989,166,711 US$1992: 885,181,705 US$1994: -1,661,016,949 US$1996: -1,817,145,814 US$1998: -3,507,427,254 US$2000: -8,967,396,083 US$2002: 16,743,083 US$2004: -16,501,636,079 US$2006: -13,863,452,925 US$2008: -26,920,535,671 US$2010: -10,673,454,648 US$2012: -2,754,284,041 US$2014: -4,534,241,834 US$2016: -29,164,313,043 US$2018: 744,116,826 US$2020: 45,020,248,017 US$2022: 88,654,491,787 US$2024: 36,856,480,140 US$2025: 10,564,991,460 US$
Change over the period: +10.76B (+5,429.39%)
Trade balance — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 10.56B −26.29B −71.33%
2024 36.86B −38.73B −51.24%
2023 75.58B −13.07B −14.74%
2022 88.65B +29.33B +49.44%
2021 59.33B +14.3B +31.77%
2020 45.02B +15.33B +51.63%
2019 29.69B +28.95B +3,890.08%
2018 744M −3.36B −81.86%
2017 4.1B +33.27B +114.07%
2016 -29.16B −8.47B −40.91%
2015 -20.7B −16.16B −356.47%
2014 -4.53B +16.28B +78.22%
2013 -20.81B −18.06B −655.69%
2012 -2.75B −17.07B −119.24%
2011 14.31B +24.99B +234.1%
2010 -10.67B −13.28B −508.82%
2009 2.61B +29.53B +109.7%
2008 -26.92B −12.89B −91.87%
2007 -14.03B −167M −1.21%
2006 -13.86B +5B +26.52%
2005 -18.87B −2.37B −14.34%
2004 -16.5B −6.74B −69.03%
2003 -9.76B −9.78B −58,406.92%
2002 16.74M −310M −94.87%
2001 326M +9.29B +103.64%
2000 -8.97B +541M +5.69%
1999 -9.51B −6B −171.1%
1998 -3.51B −4.7B −393.7%
1997 1.19B +3.01B +165.72%
1996 -1.82B +5.41B +74.85%
1995 -7.23B −5.57B −335.04%
1994 -1.66B −661M −66.13%
1993 -1,000M −1.89B −212.96%
1992 885M +1.32B +305.06%
1991 -432M +5.56B +92.79%
1990 -5.99B −502M −9.15%
1989 -5.49B −3.93B −252.42%
1988 -1.56B +1.47B +48.51%
1987 -3.02B +2.57B +45.91%
1986 -5.59B −1.9B −51.38%
1985 -3.69B −933M −33.8%
1984 -2.76B +837M +23.27%
1983 -3.6B +2.78B +43.6%
1982 -6.38B −3.14B −97.13%
1981 -3.24B −4.02B −510.19%
1980 789M +2.2B +155.87%
1979 -1.41B −269M −23.59%
1978 -1.14B −447M −64.37%
1977 -695M −841M −575.4%
1976 146M +587M +133.15%
1975 -441M −384M −667.36%
1974 -57.48M −2.05B −102.88%
1973 2B +1.55B +351.14%
1972 443M +567M +456.14%
1971 -124M −23.52M −23.33%
1970 -101M +404M +80.04%
1969 -505M +209M +29.31%
1968 -715M −408M −132.85%
1967 -307M +292M +48.79%
1966 -599M −68.32M −12.87%
1965 -531M −810M −290.36%
1964 279M +457M +256.6%
1963 -178M −439M −168.24%
1962 261M +776M +150.65%
1961 -515M −317M −159.89%
1960 -198M

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.