Australia vs United Kingdom: Portfolio equity, net inflows

Australia

18.75 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

United Kingdom

46.26 billion BoP, current US$

in 2025

Australia rank

8th

United Kingdom rank

5th

Portfolio equity, net inflows over time

Australia
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 46.26 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.75 billion BoP, current US$ in Australia, a difference of 27.51 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 2.5 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 8th and United Kingdom ranks 5th 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: 06 August 2026

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.