# Australia Gross fixed capital formation (ABS ANA_EXP)

Australia Gross fixed capital formation (ABS ANA_EXP) was up 7.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 6.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 175,281 AUD million, chain volume.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.5% (Q2 2020) to 14.7% (Q2 2021), averaging 2.5%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.INVEST.Q.REAL`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: AUD million, chain volume
- Coverage: 1959-07-01 to 2026-04-01 (268 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/gross-fixed-capital-formation-abs-ana-exp

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 175,281 AUD million, chain volume | 7.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 175,802 AUD million, chain volume | 6.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 170,551 AUD million, chain volume | 3.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 168,917 AUD million, chain volume | 3.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 163,749 AUD million, chain volume | 1.1 |
| Q1 2025 | 164,782 AUD million, chain volume | 2.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 164,254 AUD million, chain volume | 1.8 |
| Q3 2024 | 164,021 AUD million, chain volume | 1.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 161,914 AUD million, chain volume | 0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 160,723 AUD million, chain volume | 3.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 161,350 AUD million, chain volume | 5.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 161,684 AUD million, chain volume | 5.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 160,400 AUD million, chain volume | 5.1 |
| Q1 2023 | 155,742 AUD million, chain volume | 2.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 152,300 AUD million, chain volume | 0.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 152,823 AUD million, chain volume | 1.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 152,617 AUD million, chain volume | 2.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 152,257 AUD million, chain volume | 4.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 150,912 AUD million, chain volume | 8.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 150,385 AUD million, chain volume | 13.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 149,301 AUD million, chain volume | 14.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 145,990 AUD million, chain volume | 6.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 138,914 AUD million, chain volume | 0.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 132,586 AUD million, chain volume | −4.4 |

## API

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

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