Foreign investment statistics
Australian industries and foreign direct investment
Which Australian industries attract foreign direct investment?
2021, A$ billion
| Rank in 2021 | Industry | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | % of total | % change 2020 to 2021 | 5-year trend % growth |
| 1 | Mining & quarrying | 377.3 | 361.0 | 360.6 | 34.0 | -0.1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | Real estate activities | 115.5 | 121.1 | 136.9 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 11.7 |
| 3 | Financial & insurance activities | 110.3 | 115.3 | 122.8 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 12.1 |
| 4 | Manufacturing | 128.2 | 124.8 | 116.6 | 11.0 | -6.5 | 5.4 |
| 5 | Wholesale & retail trade | 59.2 | 59.8 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 6 | Information & communication | 31.0 | 31.9 | 34.1 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| 7 | Transport & storage | 25.8 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 2.4 | -0.8 | 1.1 |
| 8 | Electricity, gas & water | 22.7 | 24.2 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Construction | 21.4 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 1.7 | -5.8 | -3.3 |
| 10 | Professional, scientific & technical activities | 10.3 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 20.1 |
| Other/Unallocated | 144.2 | 137.4 | 149.7 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 4.5 | |
| All industries | 1,046.0 | 1,031.8 | 1,061.5 | 100.0 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
Based on ABS catalogue 5352.0.
Last updated: May 2022.