Venture capital investments in Australia
Australia: Venture capital investments was 0.0352 Percentage of GDP in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Australia, 2006–2019
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0352 Percentage of GDP for venture capital investments in 2019.
That represents a change of up 20.0% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Australia peaked at 0.0712 Percentage of GDP in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0126 Percentage of GDP, in 2016.
Australia ranks 19th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Australia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.0555 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2007 | 0.0688 Percentage of GDP | +23.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0712 Percentage of GDP | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0522 Percentage of GDP | -26.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0282 Percentage of GDP | -46.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0159 Percentage of GDP | -43.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | +30.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0163 Percentage of GDP | -21.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0181 Percentage of GDP | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0231 Percentage of GDP | +27.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0126 Percentage of GDP | -45.2% |
| 2017 | 0.025 Percentage of GDP | +98.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0294 Percentage of GDP | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0352 Percentage of GDP | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0619 Percentage of GDP | 0.0522 Percentage of GDP | 0.0712 Percentage of GDP | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.0225 Percentage of GDP | 0.0126 Percentage of GDP | 0.0352 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 5,104 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual -4.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 15,557 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual -2.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.3691 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 24,037 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -0.5842 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Australia?
- Venture capital investments in Australia was 0.0352 Percentage of GDP in 2019, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0712 Percentage of GDP in 2008.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0126 Percentage of GDP in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for venture capital investments?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 28 countries with data for 2019.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org