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Australia vs China: Portfolio equity, net inflows

Australia
18.75 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
China
35.76 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Australia rank
8th
China rank
6th

Portfolio equity, net inflows over time

  • Australia
  • China
-25.0B025.0B50.0B75.0B196019922025

How they compare

China currently reports 35.76 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.75 billion BoP, current US$ in Australia, a difference of 17.02 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 8th and China ranks 6th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
231 places, 8,931 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.