There are various ways of looking at the financial position of the country on the international scene.
List of countries by external debt (Wikipedia)
Gross external debt, at any given time, is the outstanding amount of those actual current, and not contingent, liabilities that require payment(s) of principal and/or interest by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy.
The debtors can be the government, corporations or citizens of that country. The debt includes money owed to private commercial banks, other governments, or international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Note that the use of gross liability figures greatly distorts the ratio for countries which contain major money centers, e.g. United Kingdom, because of London’s role as a major money centre.
| Rank | Country | External debt[2] US dollars |
Date | Per capita[3][4][5][6] US dollars |
% of GDP[7][8][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
17,656,649,899,999 | 2 February 2014 | 52,170 | 106 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
10,090,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 160,158 | 406 |
| 3 |  Germany |
5,719,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 57,755 | 142 |
| 4 |  France |
5,275,000,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 74,619 | 182 |
| 5 |  Japan |
3,024,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 24,000 | 60 |
| 6 |  China |
3,000,000,000,000 | 31 December 2013.[10] | 2,220.57 | 37.5 |
| 7 |  Netherlands |
2,655,489,600,000 | 30 June 2011 | 226,503 | 344 |
| 8 |  Luxembourg[note 1] |
2,643,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 3,696,467 | 3,443 |
| 9 |  Italy |
2,460,000,000,000 | 30 June 2012 est. | 36,841 | 108 |
| 10 |  Spain |
2,290,000,000,000 | 11 April 2013 | 52,045 | 167 |
| 11 |  Ireland |
239,672,886,310 | 30 September 2014 | 52,227 | 1,008.2 |
| 12 |  Australia |
1,506,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 52,596 | 95 |
| 13 |  Belgium |
1,424,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 113,603 | 266 |
| 14 |  Switzerland |
1,563,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 154,063 | 229 |
| 15 |  Canada |
1,326,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 29,625 | 64 |
| 16 |  Sweden |
1,034,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 91,487 | 187 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
1,047,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 105,420 | 334 |
| 17 |  Austria |
883,500,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 90,128 | 200 |
| 18 |  Norway |
644,500,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 131,220 | 141 |
| 19 |  Russia |
631,800,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 3,634 | 23 |
| 20 |  Denmark |
626,900,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 101,084 | 180 |
| 21 |  Greece |
583,300,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 47,636 | 174 |
| 22 |  Finland |
577,700,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 68,960 | 155 |
| 23 |  Portugal |
548,800,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 47,835 | 223 |
| 24 |  Korea, South |
436,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 7,567 | 37 |
| 25 |  Brazil |
428,300,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,608 | 15 |
| 26 |  Turkey |
386,786,000,000 | 30 June 2014 | 5,114 | 48 |
| 27 |  India |
376,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 240 | 20 |
| 28 |  Mexico |
352,900,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,956 | 20 |
| 29 |  Poland |
326,000,000,000 | 20 January 2014 | 6,586 | 47 |
| 30 |  Indonesia |
251,200,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 837 | 28 |
| 31 |  Hungary |
202,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 14,821 | 115 |
| 32 |  United Arab Emirates |
163,800,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 24,273 | 41 |
| 33 |  Qatar |
137,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 41,988 | 55 |
| 34 |  Saudi Arabia |
134,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,176 | 19 |
| 36 |  Romania |
132,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 5,082 | 67 |
| 37 |  Ukraine |
135,000,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,144 | 71 |
| 38 |  Iceland[11][12] |
116,053,000,000 | 2008 | 362,942 | 999 |
| 39 |  Thailand |
115,600,000,000 | 30 September 2011 est. | 1,292 | 26 |
| 40 |  Cyprus |
106,500,000,000 | 31 December 2011 est. | 37,812 | 129 |
| 41 |  Venezuela |
105,700,000,000[13] | 31 December 2012 | 1,906 | 19 |
| 42 |  Kazakhstan |
105,500,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,060 | 68 |
| 43 |  Israel |
94,034,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 12,070 | 42 |
| 44 |  Chile |
102,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 5,867 | 38 |
| 45 |  Malaysia |
95,550,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,570 | 31 |
| 46 |  New Zealand |
90,230,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 52,300 | 126 |
| 47 |  Czech Republic |
90,180,000,000 | 2012 est. | 8,260 | 45 |
| 48 |  South Africa |
137,500,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,613 | 23 |
| 49 |  Colombia |
85,140,000,000 | 31 July 2013 est. | 1,269 | 20 |
| 50 |  Slovakia |
68,440,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 10,926 | 68 |
| 51 |  Philippines |
58,500,000,000 | 30 December 2013 est. | 636 | 32 |
| 52 |  Pakistan |
67,000,000,000 | 21 May 2013 est. | 366 | 30 |
| 53 |  Croatia |
64,250,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 13,519 | 99 |
| 54 |  Slovenia |
61,230,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 25,555 | 47.6 |
| 55 |  Iraq |
50,268,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,641 | 64 |
| 56 |  Malta |
48,790,000,000 | 30 June 2011 | 14,233 | 72 |
| 57 |  Egypt |
48,760,000,000 | 31 December 2013 est. | 391 | 14 |
| 58 |  Bulgaria |
43,240,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,261 | 90 |
| 59 |  Vietnam |
68,380,000,000 | 31 December 2013 est. | 379 | 32 |
| 60 |  Sudan |
39,700,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 946 | 55 |
| 61 |  Peru |
52,590,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,126 | 22 |
| 62 |  Bangladesh |
36,210,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 149 | 23 |
| 63 |  Latvia |
35,340,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 18,527 | 146 |
| 64 |  Lebanon |
32,640,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 8,815 | 88 |
| 65 |  Serbia |
32,600,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,178 | 80 |
| 66 |  Lithuania |
32,840,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 9,995 | 80 |
| 67 |  Morocco |
29,420,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 712 | 22 |
| 68 |  Kuwait |
28,210,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 15,754 | 43 |
| 69 |  Bahrain |
25,270,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 13,261 | 65 |
| 70 |  Tunisia |
24,490,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,779 | 42 |
| 71 |  Sri Lanka |
22,820,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 881 | 36 |
| 72 |  Cuba |
22,360,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,780 | 34 |
| 73 |  Estonia |
22,228,000,000 | 31 December 2013 | 16,944 | 87 |
| 74 |  Ecuador |
20,030,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 995 | 25 |
| 75 |  Angola |
19,650,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 944 | 21 |
| 76 |  Bahamas, The |
16,680,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,067 | 6 |
| 77 |  Dominican Republic |
16,580,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,162 | 25 |
| 78 |  Monaco[note 2] |
16,500,000,000 | 31 June 2010 est. | 471,428 | 240 |
| 79 |  Guatemala |
16,170,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,216 | 42 |
| 80 |  Jamaica |
14,600,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,660 | 92 |
| 81 |  Panama |
13,130,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,927 | 52 |
| 82 |  El Salvador |
12,840,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,953 | 53 |
| 83 |  Korea, North |
12,500,000,000 | 2001 est. | 544 | |
| 84 |  Costa Rica |
12,040,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,874 | 24 |
| 85 |  Uruguay |
11,610,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,989 | 33 |
| 86 |  Ghana |
11,230,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 274 | 21 |
| 87 |  Tanzania |
11,180,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 183 | 33 |
| 88 |  Uzbekistan |
10,460,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 150 | 11 |
| 89 |  Nigeria |
10,100,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 71 | 5 |
| 90 |  Ethiopia |
9,956,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 51 | 14 |
| 91 |  Oman |
9,768,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,962 | 16 |
| 92 |  Kenya |
9,526,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 200 | 25 |
| 93 |  Iran |
9,452,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 170 | 4 |
| 94 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
9,051,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,052 | 48 |
| 95 |  Syria |
8,818,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 373 | 13 |
| 96 |  Jordan |
8,345,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 903 | 20 |
| 97 |  Georgia |
8,688,742,000 | 31 December 2012 | 1,940 | 54.8 |
| 98 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
7,644,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 197 | 122 |
| 99 |  Congo, Republic of the |
7,644,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,722 | 155 |
| 100 |  Zimbabwe |
6,975,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 609 | 103 |
| 101 |  Republic of Macedonia |
6,740,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,668 | 60 |
| 102 |  Yemen |
6,726,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 293 | 23 |
| 103 |  Armenia |
6,435,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 1,584 | 56 |
| 104 |  Paraguay |
5,714,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 382 | 13 |
| 105 |  Bolivia |
5,604,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 275 | 15 |
| 106 |  Laos |
5,599,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 900 | 91 |
| 107 |  Burma |
5,448,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 117 | 17 |
| 108 |  Zambia |
5,445,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 264 | 22 |
| 109 |  Albania |
5,281,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 882 | 23 |
| 110 |  Nicaragua |
5,228,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 693 | 62 |
| 111 |  Moldova |
5,167,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,296 | 79 |
| 112 |  Cambodia |
5,071,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 304 | 37 |
| 113 |  Libya |
5,278,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 972 | 9 |
| 114 |  Honduras |
4,884,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 465 | 23 |
| 115 |  Mozambique |
4,880,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 231 | 50 |
| 117 |  Papua New Guinea |
4,860,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 238 | 16 |
| 118 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
4,780,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,502 | 21 |
| 119 |  Cote d’Ivoire |
4,742,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 527 | 51 |
| 120 |  Barbados |
4,490,000,000 | 2010 est. | 2,456 | 22 |
| 121 |  Algeria |
4,344,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 115 | 3 |
| 122 |  Namibia |
4,204,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,131 | 20 |
| 123 |  Uganda |
4,126,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 85 | 17 |
| 124 |  Senegal |
4,117,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 296 | 30 |
| 125 |  Azerbaijan |
4,042,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 8,513 | 6 |
| 126 |  Nepal |
3,774,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 161 | 35 |
| 127 |  Kyrgyzstan |
3,666,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 699 | 81 |
| 128 |  Cameroon |
3,343,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 164 | 15 |
| 129 |  Mauritius |
2,942,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,937 | 52 |
| 130 |  Somalia |
2,942,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 386 | |
| 131 |  Tajikistan |
2,771,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 262 | 35 |
| 132 |  Gabon |
2,758,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,587 | 18 |
| 133 |  Mali |
2,725,000,000 | 31 December 2012 | 254 | 88 |
| 134 |  Guinea |
2,652,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 305 | 68 |
| 135 |  Madagascar |
2,631,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 140 | 36 |
| 136 |  Burkina Faso |
2,442,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 136 | 23 |
| 137 |  Mongolia |
2,070,000,000 | 31 December 2011 | 686 | 41 |
| 138 |  Botswana |
1,968,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,208 | 16 |
| 139 |  Chad |
1,749,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 160 | 21 |
| 140 |  Belize |
1,457,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,079 | 75 |
| 141 |  Seychelles |
1,453,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 15,614 | 147 |
| 142 |  Niger |
1,451,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 178 | 79 |
| 143 |  Afghanistan |
1,280,000,000 | FY10/11 | 92 | 22 |
| 144 |  Bhutan |
1,275,000,000 | 2011 | 1,193 | 64 |
| 145 |  Guyana |
1,234,000,000 | 31 December 2010 | 1,049 | 42 |
| 146 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1,232,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 634 | 6 |
| 147 |  Malawi |
1,214,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 77 | 24 |
| 148 |  Montenegro |
1,200,000,000 | 2011 est. | 939 | 24 |
| 149 |  Guinea-Bissau |
1,095,000,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 722 | 259 |
| 150 |  Belarus |
1,067,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,629 | 45 |
| 151 |  Palestine |
1,040,000,000 | 2010 est. | 414 | |
| 152 |  Eritrea |
1,026,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 195 | 58 |
| 153 |  Maldives |
1,015,000,000 | 2011 est. | 2,947 | 50 |
| 154 |  Benin |
953,500,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 308 | 43 |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
888,800,000 | 2010 | ||
| 155 |  Haiti |
854,700,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 36 | 5 |
| 156 |  Sierra Leone |
827,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 340 | 61 |
| 157 |  Djibouti |
802,900,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 573 | 56 |
| 158 |  Cape Verde |
741,300,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 714 | 52 |
| 159 |  Swaziland |
737,300,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 428 | 14 |
| 160 |  Lesotho |
715,400,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 255 | 30 |
| 161 |  Gambia, The |
545,800,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 306 | 50 |
| 162 |  Grenada |
538,000,000 | 2010 est. | 3,402 | 74 |
| 163 |  Suriname |
504,300,000 | 2005 est. | 1,011 | 28 |
| 164 |  Comoros |
485,400,000 | 31 December 2010 est. | 430 | 115 |
| — |  Aruba |
478,600,000 | 2005 est. | 4,935 | 21 |
| 165 |  Saint Lucia |
471,400,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 1,586 | 32 |
| 166 |  Central African Republic |
469,500,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 270 | 68 |
| 167 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
458,000,000 | June 2010 | 4,388 | 36 |
| 168 |  Turkmenistan |
428,900,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 978 | 25 |
| 169 |  Liberia |
400,300,000 | 31 December 2012[14] | 65 | 22 |
| 170 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
316,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 2,193 | 349 |
| 171 |  Vanuatu |
307,700,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 389 | 22 |
| 172 |  Fiji |
268,000,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 150 | 5 |
| 173 |  Dominica |
253,800,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 3,000 | 75 |
| 174 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
252,200,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 4,477 | 85 |
| 175 |  Samoa |
235,500,000 | 31 December 2009 est. | 968 | 47 |
| 176 |  Burundi |
231,700,000 | 31 December 2012 | 167 | 202 |
| 177 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
189,100,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 6,408 | 79 |
| 178 |  Solomon Islands |
166,000,000 | 2004 | 355 | 44 |
| — |  Bermuda |
160,000,000 | FY99/00 | 2,575 | 5 |
| 179 |  Cook Islands |
141,000,000 | 1996 est. | 7,756 | |
| 180 |  Tonga |
118,600,000 | 31 December 2012 est. | 799 | 33 |
| 181 |  Marshall Islands |
87,000,000 | 2008 est. | 1,377 | 54 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
79,000,000 | 1998 est. | 385 | 3 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
79,000,000 | 1998 est. | 2,078 | 7 |
| 182 |  Micronesia, Federated States of |
60,800,000 | FY05 est. | 556 | 25 |
| — |  Greenland |
36,400,000 | 2010 | 1,035 | 5 |
| 183 |  Nauru |
33,300,000 | 2004 est. | ||
| 184 |  Kiribati |
10,000,000 | 1999 est. | 120 | 14 |
| — |  Montserrat |
8,900,000 | 1997 | ||
| — |  Anguilla |
8,800,000 | 1998 | ||
| — | Wallis and Futuna |
3,670,000 | 2004 | ||
| 185 |  Niue |
418,000 | 2002 est. | ||
| 186 |  Singapore |
0 | 31 December 2012 est. | 0 | 0[15] |
| — |  Macau |
0 | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
0 | 2012 | ||
| 187 |  Brunei |
0 | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 |  Liechtenstein |
0 | 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 |  Taiwan |
0 | 31 December 2012 est. | 0 | 0 |
| 190 |  Palau |
0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 |
The list of countries by NIIP (Wikipedia)
The difference between a country’s external financial assets and liabilities is its net international investment position (NIIP).[1] A country’s external debt includes both its government debt and private debt, and similarly its public and privately held (by its legal residents) external assets are also taken into account when calculating its NIIP.[2]
| Country | Date | GDP | Date | NIIP | Date | NIIP in % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong |
2009 | – | 2009 | – | 2009 | +353.1[3] |
| Singapore |
2010 | 303.652 bil. S$[4] | 2010 | +680.877 bil. S$[5] | 2010 | +224.2 |
| Taiwan |
2010 | 430.580 bil. $[6] | 2010 | +659.915 bil. $[7] | 2010 | +153.3 |
| Switzerland |
2010 | 546.245 bil. CHF[8] | 2010 | +743.704 bil. CHF[9] | 2010 | +136.1[9] |
| Norway |
2010 | 2496.178 bil. kr[10] | 2010 | +2,390.972 bil. kr[10] | 2010 | +95.8 |
| Luxembourg |
2008 | 39.640 bil. €[11] | 2008 | +33.524 bil. €[12] | 2013 | +184.1[13] |
| Belgium |
2010 | 350.952 bil. €[14] | 2010 | +243.000 bil. €[15] | 2013 | +44.0[13] |
| Japan |
2009 | 470,936.600 bil. ¥[16] | 2009 | +266,223.000 bil. ¥[3] | 2009 | +56.1[3] |
| Venezuela |
2012 | $338 bil $[17] | 2012 | 159.63 bil. $[18] | 2012 | +47.2 |
| Germany |
2009 | 2397.100 bil. €[19] | 2009 | +895.000 bil. €[20] | 2013 | +48.3[13] |
| People’s Republic of China |
2009 | – | 2009 | – | 2009 | +37.1[3] |
| Netherlands |
2010 | 590.321 bil. €[21] | 2010 | +173.147 bil. €[22] | 2013 | +53.0[13] |
| Russia |
2008 | – | 2012 | +137.956 bil. $[23] | 2009 | +17.9[3] |
| Malta |
2009 | 5.851 bil. €[24] | 2009 | +0.793 bil. €[25] | 2012 | +25.1[13] |
| Finland |
2010 | 180.295 bil. €[26] | 2010 | +15.721 bil. €[27] | 2013 | +15.8[13] |
| Denmark |
2009 | 1659.700 bil. kr[28] | 2009 | +99.800 bil. kr[29] | 2013 | +39.6[13] |
| Israel |
2010 | 213.147 bil. $[30] | 2010 | +0.922 bil. $[31] | 2010 | +0.04 |
| Austria |
2010 | 284.002 bil. €[32] | 2010 | -1.600 bil. €[33] | 2013 | +3.4[13] |
| Chile |
2010 | 203.323 bil. $[34] | 2010 | -10.025 bil. $[35] | 2010 | −4.9 |
| Canada |
2009 | – | 2012 | -252bilCAD[36] | 2009 | −7.8[3] |
| Philippines |
2009 | 161.196 bil. $[37] | 2009 | -16 bil. $[38] | 2009 | −10.2 |
| India |
2010 | 1537 bil. $[39] | 2010 | -215 bil. $[40] | 2010 | −10.3 |
| France |
2009 | 1907.246 bil. €[41] | 2009 | -317.3 bil. €[42] | 2012 | −21.1[13] |
 Eurozone |
2012 | 9,487.56 bil. €[43] | 2012 | -1,139.9 bil. €[43] | 2012 | −12.0[43] |
| United Kingdom |
2009 | 1394.989 bil. £[44] | 2009 | -182 bil. £[45] | 2013 | −1.3[13] |
| United States |
2013 | 17,089.600 bil. $[46] | 2013 | -4,577.5 bil. $[47] | 2013 | −26.8 |
| South Korea |
2009 | 832.512 bil. $[48] | 2009 | -148.000 bil. $[49] | 2009 | −17.8 |
| Sweden |
2010 | 3285.539 bil. kr[50] | 2010 | -729.000 bil. kr[51] | 2013 | −5.0[13] |
| Italy |
2010 | 1548.816 bil. €[52] | 2010 | -376.700 bil. €[53] | 2013 | −30.0[13] |
| Slovenia |
2010 | 36.061 bil. €[54] | 2010 | -12.655 bil. €[55] | 2013 | −37.9[13] |
| Indonesia |
2011 | 878.198 bil. $[56] | 2011 | -318.995 bil. $[57] | 2011 | −36.3 |
| Mexico |
2010 | 1039.121 bil. $[58] | 2010 | -379.249 bil. $[59] | 2010 | −36.5 |
| Brazil |
2009 | 1600.841 bil. $[60] | 2009 | -600.795 bil. $[61] | 2009 | −37.5 |
| Kazakhstan |
2009 | 113.620 bil. $[62] | 2009 | -43.314 bil. $[63] | 2009 | −38.1 |
| Turkey |
2013 | 616.345 bil. $[64] | 2009 | -275.687 bil. $[65] | 2009 | −44.9 |
| Poland |
2010 | 1412.784 bil. zl[66] | 2010 | -890.652 bil. zl[67] | 2013 | −68.6[13] |
| Australia |
2011 | 1318.554 bil A$ [68] | 2011 | -848.3 bil. $A[69] | 2011 | −64.3 |
| Slovakia |
2010 | 65.906 bil. €[70] | 2010 | -43.763 bil. €[71] | 2013 | −65.1[13] |
| Estonia |
2010 | 14.500 bil. €[72] | 2010 | -10.416 bil. €[73] | 2013 | −45.2[13] |
| Spain |
2010 | 1062.591 bil. €[74] | 2010 | -925.600 bil. €[75] | 2013 | −98.2[13] |
| New Zealand |
2013 | 212 bil. NZ$[76] | 2013 | -146.7 bil. NZ$[77] | 2013 | −69.3 |
| Greece |
2012 | 193.749 bil. €[78] | 2012 | -210.262 bil. €[79] | 2013 | −119.0[13] |
| Ireland |
2009 | 160.596 bil. €[80] | 2009 | -157.075 bil. €[81] | 2013 | −104.9[13] |
| Portugal |
2009 | 168.586 bil. €[82] | 2009 | -184.017 bil. €[83] | 2013 | −118.7[13] |
| Cyprus |
2012 | 17,979.3 bil. €[78] | 2012 | -15.683 bil. €[84] | 2013 | −85.7[13] |
| Czech Republic |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −45.6[13] |
| Bulgaria |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −78.1[13] |
| Latvia |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −65.0[13] |
| Lithuania |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −45.7[13] |
| Hungary |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −93.0[13] |
| Romania |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −62.3[13] |
| Croatia |
2013 | – | 2013 | – | 2013 | −88.4[13] |
| Iceland |
2012 | – | 2012 | -1,042 bil. kr | 2012 | −61[85] |
List of countries by net international investment position per capita (Wikipedia)
This is a list of the top countries of the world sorted by their net international investment positions (NIIPs) per capita.
The table includes the latest available annual data (i.e. as of end-2011 (for Saudi Arabia) or end-2012 (for all the other countries on this list)), mostly from websites approved by the International Monetary Fund,[1] and only includes countries (including Taiwan and Hong Kong because of their special economic statuses) with positive NIIPs.
| Rank | Country | Total External Assets (in millions) |
Total External Liabilities (in millions) |
NIIP (in millions) |
NIIP (in USD) |
Ref. | Population | Ref. | PER CAPITA (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg[2] |
EUR 5,798,983.485 | EUR 5,726,400.152 | EUR 72,583.334 | 95,918,874,560 | [3] | 539,039 | [4] | 177,944 |
| 2 | Singapore[5] |
SGD 3,278,573.4 | SGD 2,506,842.0 | SGD 771,731.4 | 631,118,253,189 | [6] | 3,844,800 | [7] | 164,149 |
| 3 | Switzerland[8] |
CHF 3,545,785 | CHF 2,640,832 | CHF 904,954 | 990,536,339,755 | [9] | 8,039,100 | [10] | 123,215 |
| 4 | Norway[11] |
NOK 7,847,904 | NOK 4,943,211 | NOK 2,904,693 | 520,172,095,772 | [12] | 5,051,275 | [13] | 102,978 |
| 5 | Hong Kong[14] |
HKD 27,137,665 | HKD 21,462,903 | HKD 5,674,762 | 732,085,660,840 | [15] | 7,177,900 | [16] | 101,992 |
| 6 | Taiwan[17] |
USD 1,294,316 | USD 492,639 | USD 801,677 | 801,677,000,000 | 23,315,822 | [18] | 34,383 | |
| 7 | Mauritius[19] |
MUR 13,779,155 | MUR 12,608,084 | MUR 1,171,071 | 38,333,055,100 | [20] | 1,295,789 | [21] | 29,583 |
| 8 | Japan[22] |
JPY 661,902,000 | JPY 365,588,000 | JPY 296,315,000 | 3,452,347,663,987 | [23] | 127,520,000 | [24][25] | 27,073 |
| 9 | Netherlands[26] |
EUR 3,096,206.5 | EUR 2,815,642.3 | EUR 280,564.3 | 370,765,722,450 | [3] | 16,779,575 | [27] | 22,096 |
| 10 | Belgium[28] |
EUR 1,731,000 | EUR 1,553,000 | EUR 178,000 | 235,227,000,000 | [3] | 11,107,000 | [29] | 21,178 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia[30] |
SAR 3,070,411 | SAR 881,623 | SAR 2,188,787 | 583,676,533,300 | [31] | 29,195,895 | [32] | 19,992 |
| 12 | Denmark[33] |
DKK 5,067,000 | DKK 4,467,000 | DKK 600,000 | 106,273,690,177 | [34] | 5,603,000 | [35] | 18,967 |
| 13 | Germany[36] |
EUR 7,035,700 | EUR 5,928,500 | EUR 1,107,200 | 1,463,164,800,000 | [3] | 80,523,700 | [37] | 18,171 |
| 14 | Finland[38] |
EUR 693,177 | EUR 657,803 | EUR 35,375 | 46,748,062,500 | [3] | 5,421,827 | [39] | 8,622 |
| 15 | Israel[40] |
USD 278,729.765 | USD 221,590.344 | USD 57,139.421 | 57,139,421,000 | 8,018,000 | [41][42] | 7,126 | |
| 16 | Malta[43] |
EUR 47,349.3 | EUR 45,651.8 | EUR 1,697.5 | 2,243,246,250 | [3] | 417,520 | 5,373 | |
| 17 | China[44] |
USD 5,174,946.7 | USD 3,438,522.1 | USD 1,736,424.6 | 1,736,424,600,000 | 1,353,821,000 | [45] | 1,283 | |
| 18 | Russia[46] |
USD 1,354,156 | USD 1,221,232 | USD 132,924 | 132,924,000,000 | 143,300,000 | 928 |