Statizoid

Australia vs New Zealand: Net foreign assets

Australia
-136.13 billion current LCU
in 2025
New Zealand
-85.35 billion current LCU
in 2025
Australia rank
176th
New Zealand rank
175th

Net foreign assets over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
-800.0B-600.0B-400.0B-200.0B0196019922025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports -85.35 billion current LCU against -136.13 billion current LCU in Australia, a difference of 50.78 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 176th and New Zealand ranks 175th of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.