Australia - Current Account Balance
Australia: Current Account Balance
| Mnemonic | TAB.IAUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Mil. AUD, SA | |
| Adjustments | Seasonally Adjusted | |
| Quarterly | 17.71 % | |
| Data | 2026 Q1 | -27,123 |
| 2025 Q4 | -23,043 | |
Series Information
| Source | Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) |
| Release | Balance of Payments |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Start Date | 9/30/1959 |
| End Date | 3/31/2026 |
Australia: Trade
| Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports of Goods | Apr 2026 | 47,191 | 44,011 | Mil. AUD, SA | Monthly |
| Imports of Goods | Apr 2026 | -45,400 | -45,035 | Mil. AUD, SA | Monthly |
| Current Account Balance | 2026 Q1 | -27,123 | -23,043 | Mil. AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Exports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 169,023 | 171,100 | Mil. AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Imports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 171,464 | 170,034 | Mil. AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Net Exports | 2026 Q1 | -2,441 | 1,066 | Mil. AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Real Exports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 171,755 | 173,606 | Mil. Ch. FY 2024 AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Real Imports of Goods and Services | 2026 Q1 | 167,881 | 164,494 | Mil. Ch. FY 2024 AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Real Net Exports | 2026 Q1 | 3,874 | 9,112 | Mil. Ch. FY 2024 AUD, SA | Quarterly |
| Balance of Goods | Aug 2023 | 9,640 | 7,324 | Mil. AUD, SA | Monthly |
Release Information
For Australia, detailed quarterly balance of payments, and select items from gross external debt and international investment position. Compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The "Balance of Payments and International Investment Position" statistical release provides detailed quarterly balance of payments tables on current, capital and financial transactions for the latest six quarters, including seasonally adjusted, trend and chain volume measures of the current account. It also provides a complete international investment position statement with details of the level of investment, investment flows and associated income.
- Framework: IMF BPM6
- Measurement: Millions of Australian dollars (Mil. AUD)
- Adjustments:
- Trend (Trend)
- Seasonally adjusted (NSA)
- Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
- Observed at: End
- Native frequency: Quarterly
- Start date: As early as 1959Q3
The compilation of balance of payments and international investment position estimates entails the use of a very wide range of statistical data.
The seasonally adjusted statistics in this publication use the concurrent seasonal adjustment technique and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) Modelling to estimate factors for the current and previous quarters.
To enable analysis of the movement of goods and services in ‘real’ terms, estimates of chain volume measures are compiled and published each quarter. Chain volume measures are derived by deflating the original current price series by specially compiled measures of price change. The reference year for chain volume measures is the year prior to the latest complete financial year incorporated in this issue
The quarterly current account series are affected to some extent by seasonal influences and it is useful to recognise and take account of this element of variation.
In each credit/debit pair, ABS represents debits as negative values. That is, the balance is their sum, not their difference. As such, in the Data Buffet catalog, the debit item is labeled as "Debit (-)" not "LESS: Debit".
Further reading
At the source:
At IMF (SDDS):
- Balance of payments (Mar 2023)
- External debt (Feb 2023 / Apr 2023)
- International investment position (Feb 2023 / Mar 2023)
- Sep 2005 - Initial version.
- Mar 2022 - Addendum of gross external debt.
- Nov 2023 - Addendum of IIP.