# Australia Balance of Payments: Current Account Balance, SA

Australia Balance of Payments: Current Account Balance, SA was −27,220 AUD million in Q2 2026, down 1,772.0 from Q1 2026 and down 10,428 from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 1974.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27,220 AUD million (Q2 2026) to 17,824 AUD million (Q3 2021), averaging −6,118.7 AUD million.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.CURRACCT.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: AUD million
- Coverage: 1974-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (210 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/balance-of-payments-current-account-balance-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −27,220 AUD million |
| Q1 2026 | −25,448 AUD million |
| Q4 2025 | −22,757 AUD million |
| Q3 2025 | −19,030 AUD million |
| Q2 2025 | −16,792 AUD million |
| Q1 2025 | −15,835 AUD million |
| Q4 2024 | −18,010 AUD million |
| Q3 2024 | −16,851 AUD million |
| Q2 2024 | −16,253 AUD million |
| Q1 2024 | −8,908.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2023 | −1,832.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2023 | −9,264.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2023 | −1,487.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2023 | 3,377.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2022 | 3,550.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2022 | −4,985.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2022 | 9,533.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2022 | −652.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2021 | 713.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2021 | 17,824 AUD million |
| Q2 2021 | 16,629 AUD million |
| Q1 2021 | 15,063 AUD million |
| Q4 2020 | 10,518 AUD million |
| Q3 2020 | 5,540.0 AUD million |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.CURRACCT.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.CURRACCT.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```