Monthly Statistical Bulletin
6.5 Foreign debt
Quarter (a)	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Gross foreign debt,  public sector – $ million
September	83 818	112 445	142 318	207 531	268 961
December	92 095	152 782	154 239	213 141
March	92 423	129 685	172 136	227 484
June	90 295	119 904	197 878	234 281
Gross foreign debt,  private sector – $ million
September	954 768	1 088 005	1 064 952	1 074 356	1 133 808
December	948 070	1 123 149	1 085 293	1 039 232
March	996 582	1 107 651	1 075 393	1 054 204
June	1 013 103	1 082 086	1 106 456	1 068 513
Gross foreign debt, total – $ million
September	1 038 586	1 200 450	1 207 270	1 281 887	1 402 768
December	1 040 165	1 275 932	1 239 532	1 252 373
March	1 089 005	1 237 335	1 247 529	1 281 688
June	1 103 398	1 201 990	1 304 334	1 302 794
Net foreign debt – $ million
September	577 936	649 344	624 307	676 338	740 504
December	588 604	690 047	658 821	648 473
March	600 997	663 761	669 582	678 727
June	600 952	625 639	686 084	686 233
Net foreign debt – percentage of gross domestic product (b)
September	52.3	53.8	50.0	51.0	52.1
December	52.1	56.0	52.7	47.8
March	52.2	53.2	53.0	49.2
June	51.1	50.0	53.0	49.0
(a) At end of period.
(b) Net foreign debt at the end of the period as a proportion of gross domestic product
for four quarters up to that period.
Sources: ABS, Balance of payments and international investment position, Cat. no. 5302.0								Update
ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,								6 March 2012 for current account
Cat. no. 5206.0								7 March 2012 for gross domestic product