# Australia Capital account balance (ABS BOP)

Australia Capital account balance (ABS BOP) was −2,296.0 AUD million in Q2 2026, down 2,074.0 from Q1 2026 and down 1,665.0 from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q3 1959.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2,296.0 AUD million (Q2 2026) to 171.0 AUD million (Q2 2017), averaging −288.2 AUD million.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.CAPTRANSF.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: AUD million
- Coverage: 1959-07-01 to 2026-04-01 (268 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/capital-account-balance-abs-bop

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | −2,296.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2026 | −222.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2025 | −1,872.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2025 | −348.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2025 | −631.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2025 | −1,003.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2024 | −252.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2024 | −169.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2024 | −107.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2024 | 97.00 AUD million |
| Q4 2023 | −129.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2023 | −154.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2023 | −202.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2023 | −134.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2022 | −129.0 AUD million |
| Q3 2022 | −179.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2022 | −153.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2022 | −136.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2021 | 6.00 AUD million |
| Q3 2021 | −119.0 AUD million |
| Q2 2021 | −188.0 AUD million |
| Q1 2021 | −119.0 AUD million |
| Q4 2020 | −96.00 AUD million |
| Q3 2020 | −110.0 AUD million |

## API

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

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