Australia - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Australia was 3.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 3.93 in 2020, while its lowest value was -3.29 in 1982.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 -1.07
1961 -2.62
1962 1.31
1963 -0.83
1964 1.17
1965 -2.04
1966 -2.19
1967 -1.01
1968 -2.18
1969 -1.38
1970 -0.24
1971 -0.27
1972 0.85
1973 3.13
1974 -0.06
1975 -0.45
1976 0.14
1977 -0.63
1978 -0.96
1979 -1.05
1980 0.53
1981 -1.83
1982 -3.29
1983 -2.03
1984 -1.43
1985 -2.05
1986 -3.07
1987 -1.60
1988 -0.66
1989 -1.83
1990 -1.92
1991 -0.13
1992 0.27
1993 -0.32
1994 -0.51
1995 -1.96
1996 -0.45
1997 0.27
1998 -0.88
1999 -2.44
2000 -2.16
2001 0.09
2002 0.00
2003 -2.09
2004 -2.69
2005 -2.71
2006 -1.85
2007 -1.64
2008 -2.55
2009 0.28
2010 -0.92
2011 1.03
2012 -0.17
2013 -1.30
2014 -0.28
2015 -1.49
2016 -2.28
2017 0.51
2018 0.36
2019 2.49
2020 3.93

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts