Australia: Broad money (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Australia's broad money (% of GDP) rose 3.71 percentage points on 2024 (from 129.41% to 133.12%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.37 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.71 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Australia had the 6th highest value of the 84 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Australia in the 2025 ranking

• Japan — 2nd of 84: 246.78%
• Macao SAR, China — 3rd of 84: 201.21%
• Mauritius — 4th of 84: 142.32%
• Nepal — 6th of 84: 131.21%
• Cambodia — 7th of 84: 124.8%
• Morocco — 8th of 84: 121.29%

What this measures

Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 66 values

Broad money (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 89.15% (2025)
• Cambodia — 124.8% (2025)
• China — 227.67% (2024)
• Fiji — 90.41% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 481.01% (2025)
• Indonesia — 42.54% (2025)
• Japan — 246.78% (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — 162.71% (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 201.21% (2025)
• Malaysia — 120.64% (2025)
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 84.87% (2021)
• Mongolia

More financial sector data for Australia

• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 133.79% (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 5.96 trillion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — -136.13 billion (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 133.79% (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 3.7 trillion (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 32.96 (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 148.46 (2025)
• Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 2.87% (2025)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 7.99% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Australia's broad money (% of GDP)?

133.12% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 88.65 percentage points from 44.48% in 1960. The highest value was 138.86% in 2021 and the lowest 37.6% in 1982.

How does Australia rank?

6th highest of 84 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in broad money (% of GDP) unusual for Australia?

In 2025, Australia's broad money (% of GDP) rose 3.71 percentage points on 2024 (from 129.41% to 133.12%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.34 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.34 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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