Australia - Changes in inventories

Changes in inventories (current US$)

The latest value for Changes in inventories (current US$) in Australia was ($5,122,000,000) as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $6,153,012,000 in 2011 and ($5,122,000,000) in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1960 $243,028,300
1961 $561,093,100
1962 ($272,146,900)
1963 $272,146,900
1964 $152,312,700
1965 $632,769,600
1966 $94,075,490
1967 $452,458,300
1968 $164,632,100
1969 $825,400,400
1970 $621,570,200
1971 $657,408,400
1972 $184,579,400
1973 ($435,618,200)
1974 $1,857,038,000
1975 $932,677,900
1976 $226,900,300
1977 $1,300,757,000
1978 ($595,533,500)
1979 $1,576,735,000
1980 $1,018,384,000
1981 $496,923,300
1982 $1,710,250,000
1983 ($2,212,447,000)
1984 $1,151,060,000
1985 $1,780,318,000
1986 $618,354,800
1987 ($1,096,480,000)
1988 $486,757,900
1989 $2,732,677,000
1990 $3,991,535,000
1991 ($1,135,704,000)
1992 ($1,604,245,000)
1993 $363,265,900
1994 $989,277,100
1995 $3,309,326,000
1996 $2,569,803,000
1997 $3,563,155,000
1998 $1,941,939,000
1999 $3,008,522,000
2000 $1,306,286,000
2001 $723,945,500
2002 $452,595,200
2003 ($517,763,600)
2004 $2,678,190,000
2005 $3,115,321,000
2006 ($2,116,652,000)
2007 $889,534,400
2008 $4,132,498,000
2009 ($2,204,388,000)
2010 ($2,862,680,000)
2011 $6,153,012,000
2012 $4,744,277,000
2013 $445,265,200
2014 ($2,177,545,000)
2015 $758,798,600
2016 $780,317,400
2017 $1,402,821,000
2018 $2,419,192,000
2019 ($545,701,600)
2020 ($5,122,000,000)

Changes in inventories (current LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (current LCU) in Australia was -7,641,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,241,000,000 in 2011 and a minimum value of -7,641,000,000 in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 217,000,000
1961 501,000,000
1962 -243,000,000
1963 243,000,000
1964 136,000,000
1965 565,000,000
1966 84,000,000
1967 404,000,000
1968 147,000,000
1969 737,000,000
1970 555,000,000
1971 587,000,000
1972 158,000,000
1973 -340,000,000
1974 1,260,000,000
1975 683,000,000
1976 180,000,000
1977 1,134,000,000
1978 -528,000,000
1979 1,388,000,000
1980 914,000,000
1981 428,000,000
1982 1,550,000,000
1983 -2,364,000,000
1984 1,271,000,000
1985 2,321,000,000
1986 884,000,000
1987 -1,657,000,000
1988 669,000,000
1989 3,356,000,000
1990 5,187,000,000
1991 -1,447,000,000
1992 -2,086,000,000
1993 517,000,000
1994 1,430,000,000
1995 4,457,000,000
1996 3,387,000,000
1997 4,553,000,000
1998 2,863,000,000
1999 4,801,000,000
2000 2,080,000,000
2001 1,349,000,000
2002 865,000,000
2003 -889,000,000
2004 3,765,000,000
2005 4,144,000,000
2006 -2,827,000,000
2007 1,133,000,000
2008 4,616,000,000
2009 -2,994,000,000
2010 -3,250,000,000
2011 6,241,000,000
2012 4,601,000,000
2013 434,000,000
2014 -2,372,000,000
2015 912,000,000
2016 1,072,000,000
2017 1,860,000,000
2018 3,121,000,000
2019 -763,000,000
2020 -7,641,000,000

Changes in inventories (constant LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in Australia was -7,641,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,767,000,000 in 1999 and a minimum value of -7,641,000,000 in 2020.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1975 4,742,000,000
1976 524,000,000
1977 3,448,000,000
1978 -1,544,000,000
1979 3,756,000,000
1980 2,486,000,000
1981 1,144,000,000
1982 3,428,000,000
1983 -4,156,000,000
1984 2,966,000,000
1985 3,171,000,000
1986 2,105,000,000
1987 -2,862,000,000
1988 2,165,000,000
1989 4,627,000,000
1990 8,385,000,000
1991 -1,291,000,000
1992 -3,843,000,000
1993 1,024,000,000
1994 2,100,000,000
1995 5,013,000,000
1996 3,598,000,000
1997 6,039,000,000
1998 4,632,000,000
1999 8,767,000,000
2000 2,929,000,000
2001 2,606,000,000
2002 1,285,000,000
2003 -1,648,000,000
2004 6,103,000,000
2005 8,459,000,000
2006 -3,036,000,000
2007 1,882,000,000
2008 5,504,000,000
2009 -5,675,000,000
2010 -2,743,000,000
2011 5,377,000,000
2012 6,576,000,000
2013 94,000,000
2014 -3,952,000,000
2015 1,163,000,000
2016 951,000,000
2017 1,966,000,000
2018 3,668,000,000
2019 -1,076,000,000
2020 -7,641,000,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts