Australia FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 8 / 195

Data table

1970	893.1M	1981	2.35B	1992	4.94B	2003	8.99B	2014	63.2B
1971	1.16B	1982	2.29B	1993	5.31B	2004	42.91B	2015	46.89B
1972	1.05B	1983	2.99B	1994	4.46B	2005	-25.09B	2016	42.97B
1973	135M	1984	428.3M	1995	13.27B	2006	30.55B	2017	48.2B
1974	1.33B	1985	2.1B	1996	4.56B	2007	44.44B	2018	60.69B
1975	449M	1986	5.37B	1997	8.09B	2008	45.17B	2019	38.75B
1976	1.05B	1987	5.19B	1998	7.6B	2009	28.93B	2020	17.98B
1977	1.14B	1988	8.48B	1999	2.21B	2010	35.55B	2021	31.45B
1978	1.68B	1989	8.02B	2000	14.89B	2011	65.58B	2022	68.71B
1979	1.49B	1990	8.46B	2001	10.72B	2012	57.57B	2023	35.32B
1980	1.87B	1991	2.61B	2002	14.66B	2013	54.47B	2024	53.72B

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 79 / 192

Data table

1970	2.2%	1981	1.3%	1992	1.5%	2003	1.9%	2014	4.3%
1971	2.6%	1982	1.2%	1993	1.7%	2004	7%	2015	3.5%
1972	2%	1983	1.7%	1994	1.4%	2005	-3.6%	2016	3.5%
1973	0.2%	1984	0.2%	1995	3.6%	2006	4.1%	2017	3.6%
1974	1.5%	1985	1.2%	1996	1.1%	2007	5.2%	2018	4.2%
1975	0.5%	1986	2.9%	1997	1.9%	2008	4.3%	2019	2.8%
1976	1%	1987	2.7%	1998	1.9%	2009	3.1%	2020	1.3%
1977	1%	1988	3.6%	1999	0.6%	2010	3.1%	2021	2%
1978	1.4%	1989	2.7%	2000	3.6%	2011	4.7%	2022	4.1%
1979	1.1%	1990	2.7%	2001	2.8%	2012	3.7%	2023	2%
1980	1.2%	1991	0.8%	2002	3.7%	2013	3.4%	2024	3.1%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 22 / 171

Data table

1970	111.4M	1981	733.2M	1992	3.84B	2003	18.6B	2014	22.57B
1971	104.5M	1982	692.8M	1993	2.55B	2004	9.79B	2015	8.26B
1972	128.8M	1983	518M	1994	1.83B	2005	-32.71B	2016	-3.11B
1973	255.9M	1984	1.4B	1995	4.05B	2006	24.08B	2017	10B
1974	240.9M	1985	1.89B	1996	5.01B	2007	14.42B	2018	1.03B
1975	161M	1986	3.42B	1997	6.08B	2008	31.89B	2019	8.9B
1976	267.6M	1987	5.1B	1998	4.67B	2009	11.46B	2020	7.4B
1977	266.1M	1988	6.85B	1999	311.4M	2010	18.07B	2021	9.25B
1978	235.8M	1989	3.02B	2000	4.1B	2011	8.25B	2022	127.3B
1979	343.2M	1990	633.1M	2001	13.38B	2012	5.76B	2023	13.31B
1980	460M	1991	-1.17B	2002	6.97B	2013	-769.7M	2024	13.93B

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 59 / 170

Data table

1970	0.3%	1981	0.4%	1992	1.2%	2003	4%	2014	1.5%
1971	0.2%	1982	0.4%	1993	0.8%	2004	1.6%	2015	0.6%
1972	0.2%	1983	0.3%	1994	0.6%	2005	-4.7%	2016	-0.3%
1973	0.4%	1984	0.7%	1995	1.1%	2006	3.2%	2017	0.8%
1974	0.3%	1985	1%	1996	1.2%	2007	1.7%	2018	0.1%
1975	0.2%	1986	1.9%	1997	1.4%	2008	3%	2019	0.6%
1976	0.3%	1987	2.7%	1998	1.2%	2009	1.2%	2020	0.6%
1977	0.2%	1988	2.9%	1999	0.1%	2010	1.6%	2021	0.6%
1978	0.2%	1989	1%	2000	1%	2011	0.6%	2022	7.5%
1979	0.3%	1990	0.2%	2001	3.5%	2012	0.4%	2023	0.8%
1980	0.3%	1991	-0.4%	2002	1.8%	2013	0%	2024	0.8%