Measuring Cross-Border Securities Positions: Explaining Asymmetries between U.S. Treasury TIC and IMF PIP (formerly CPIS) Data, Accessible Data

Figure 1: Foreign Holdings of U.S. Long-term Debt and Equity over Time: TIC and IMF PIP

Upper Left Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC Long-term debt PIP US Long-term debt
Upper left 2012:H2 1. Total 8651 7732
Upper left 2013:H1 1. Total 8531 6872
Upper left 2013:H2 1. Total 8841 7505
Upper left 2014:H1 1. Total 9255 6704
Upper left 2014:H2 1. Total 9404 7501
Upper left 2015:H1 1. Total 9566 7139
Upper left 2015:H2 1. Total 9501 8578
Upper left 2016:H1 1. Total 10082 7831
Upper left 2016:H2 1. Total 9887 9383
Upper left 2017:H1 1. Total 10334 8843
Upper left 2017:H2 1. Total 10544 9712
Upper left 2018:H1 1. Total 10331 8913
Upper left 2018:H2 1. Total 10358 10078
Upper left 2019:H1 1. Total 11077 10035
Upper left 2019:H2 1. Total 11474 11023
Upper left 2020:H1 1. Total 11618 10529
Upper left 2020:H2 1. Total 11835 11925
Upper left 2021:H1 1. Total 12548 11161
Upper left 2021:H2 1. Total 12635 11618
Upper left 2022:H1 1. Total 11756 9834
Upper left 2022:H2 1. Total 11608 10825
Upper left 2023:H1 1. Total 11854 10286
Upper left 2023:H2 1. Total 12560 12028
Upper left 2024:H1 1. Total 12907 11507
Upper left 2024:H2 1. Total 13261 13149

Upper Center Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC Long-term debt PIP US Long-term debt
Upper center 2012:H2 2. Official 4275 2145
Upper center 2013:H1 2. Official 4228 2030
Upper center 2013:H2 2. Official 4247 1957
Upper center 2014:H1 2. Official 4353 1897
Upper center 2014:H2 2. Official 4392 1965
Upper center 2015:H1 2. Official 4431 1996
Upper center 2015:H2 2. Official 4356 2055
Upper center 2016:H1 2. Official 4371 1923
Upper center 2016:H2 2. Official 4116 2120
Upper center 2017:H1 2. Official 4261 2092
Upper center 2017:H2 2. Official 4413 2149
Upper center 2018:H1 2. Official 4386 2059
Upper center 2018:H2 2. Official 4419 2149
Upper center 2019:H1 2. Official 4685 2236
Upper center 2019:H2 2. Official 4655 2311
Upper center 2020:H1 2. Official 4648 2255
Upper center 2020:H2 2. Official 4691 2401
Upper center 2021:H1 2. Official 4774 2324
Upper center 2021:H2 2. Official 4678 2348
Upper center 2022:H1 2. Official 4427 2134
Upper center 2022:H2 2. Official 4219 2062
Upper center 2023:H1 2. Official 4374 2079
Upper center 2023:H2 2. Official 4395 2019
Upper center 2024:H1 2. Official 4374 2095
Upper center 2024:H2 2. Official 4287 2041

Upper Right Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC Long-term debt PIP US Long-term debt
Upper right 2012:H2 3. Private 4375 5587
Upper right 2013:H1 3. Private 4303 4841
Upper right 2013:H2 3. Private 4594 5548
Upper right 2014:H1 3. Private 4902 4806
Upper right 2014:H2 3. Private 5011 5536
Upper right 2015:H1 3. Private 5135 5143
Upper right 2015:H2 3. Private 5145 6523
Upper right 2016:H1 3. Private 5710 5908
Upper right 2016:H2 3. Private 5770 7264
Upper right 2017:H1 3. Private 6073 6751
Upper right 2017:H2 3. Private 6131 7563
Upper right 2018:H1 3. Private 5945 6854
Upper right 2018:H2 3. Private 5939 7929
Upper right 2019:H1 3. Private 6391 7799
Upper right 2019:H2 3. Private 6819 8712
Upper right 2020:H1 3. Private 6970 8274
Upper right 2020:H2 3. Private 7144 9524
Upper right 2021:H1 3. Private 7774 8837
Upper right 2021:H2 3. Private 7956 9270
Upper right 2022:H1 3. Private 7303 7701
Upper right 2022:H2 3. Private 7013 8763
Upper right 2023:H1 3. Private 7480 8207
Upper right 2023:H2 3. Private 8166 10009
Upper right 2024:H1 3. Private 8534 9413
Upper right 2024:H2 3. Private 8974 11109

Lower Left Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC equity PIP US equity
Lower left 2012:H2 1. Total 4566 2798
Lower left 2013:H1 1. Total 5124 2576
Lower left 2013:H2 1. Total 5882 3671
Lower left 2014:H1 1. Total 6325 3329
Lower left 2014:H2 1. Total 6677 4181
Lower left 2015:H1 1. Total 6683 3739
Lower left 2015:H2 1. Total 6224 4732
Lower left 2016:H1 1. Total 6192 3883
Lower left 2016:H2 1. Total 6576 5057
Lower left 2017:H1 1. Total 7208 5150
Lower left 2017:H2 1. Total 7958 6401
Lower left 2018:H1 1. Total 8178 6053
Lower left 2018:H2 1. Total 7573 5906
Lower left 2019:H1 1. Total 8416 6144
Lower left 2019:H2 1. Total 9026 7166
Lower left 2020:H1 1. Total 9081 6609
Lower left 2020:H2 1. Total 11519 9456
Lower left 2021:H1 1. Total 13628 10011
Lower left 2021:H2 1. Total 15174 11885
Lower left 2022:H1 1. Total 12152 8930
Lower left 2022:H2 1. Total 12017 9570
Lower left 2023:H1 1. Total 13675 9521
Lower left 2023:H2 1. Total 14758 12630
Lower left 2024:H1 1. Total 16659 12957
Lower left 2024:H2 1. Total 18364 15222

Lower Center Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC equity PIP US equity
Lower center 2012:H2 2. Official 702 50
Lower center 2013:H1 2. Official 806 59
Lower center 2013:H2 2. Official 896 67
Lower center 2014:H1 2. Official 952 79
Lower center 2014:H2 2. Official 978 76
Lower center 2015:H1 2. Official 966 85
Lower center 2015:H2 2. Official 817 96
Lower center 2016:H1 2. Official 821 100
Lower center 2016:H2 2. Official 881 122
Lower center 2017:H1 2. Official 954 152
Lower center 2017:H2 2. Official 1042 164
Lower center 2018:H1 2. Official 1047 161
Lower center 2018:H2 2. Official 914 138
Lower center 2019:H1 2. Official 1097 165
Lower center 2019:H2 2. Official 1216 176
Lower center 2020:H1 2. Official 1247 198
Lower center 2020:H2 2. Official 1537 222
Lower center 2021:H1 2. Official 1444 255
Lower center 2021:H2 2. Official 1621 284
Lower center 2022:H1 2. Official 1299 243
Lower center 2022:H2 2. Official 1353 236
Lower center 2023:H1 2. Official 1570 255
Lower center 2023:H2 2. Official 1726 248
Lower center 2024:H1 2. Official 1951 262
Lower center 2024:H2 2. Official 2125 274

Lower Right Chart
Billions of dollars

Panel Date Sector TIC equity PIP US equity
Lower right 2012:H2 3. Private 3864 2747
Lower right 2013:H1 3. Private 4318 2517
Lower right 2013:H2 3. Private 4987 3605
Lower right 2014:H1 3. Private 5373 3250
Lower right 2014:H2 3. Private 5699 4106
Lower right 2015:H1 3. Private 5717 3654
Lower right 2015:H2 3. Private 5407 4636
Lower right 2016:H1 3. Private 5370 3783
Lower right 2016:H2 3. Private 5696 4935
Lower right 2017:H1 3. Private 6254 4998
Lower right 2017:H2 3. Private 6916 6237
Lower right 2018:H1 3. Private 7131 5892
Lower right 2018:H2 3. Private 6659 5768
Lower right 2019:H1 3. Private 7320 5979
Lower right 2019:H2 3. Private 7810 6989
Lower right 2020:H1 3. Private 7833 6411
Lower right 2020:H2 3. Private 9982 9234
Lower right 2021:H1 3. Private 12183 9756
Lower right 2021:H2 3. Private 13545 11600
Lower right 2022:H1 3. Private 10845 8687
Lower right 2022:H2 3. Private 10658 9334
Lower right 2023:H1 3. Private 12104 9266
Lower right 2023:H2 3. Private 13032 12381
Lower right 2024:H1 3. Private 14708 12695
Lower right 2024:H2 3. Private 16239 14949
Source: U.S. Treasury, TIC.

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Figure 2: Foreign Holdings of U.S. Long-term Debt: TIC and IMF PIP by Country at End-2024

Billions of dollars

Year TIC country code Country Country label TIC LT debt PIP US LT debt
2024 30104 ARGENTINA ARG 5 14
2024 35254 ARUBA ABW 2 0
2024 60089 AUSTRALIA AUS 112 110
2024 10189 AUSTRIA AUT 8 17
2024 35319 BAHAMAS BHS 19 14
2024 10251 BELGIUM BEL 936 22
2024 35602 BERMUDA BMU 254 680
2024 30309 BRAZIL BRA 203 2
2024 29998 CANADA CAN 747 488
2024 36137 CAYMAN_I CYM 822 2168
2024 30406 CHILE CHL 37 11
2024 41408 CHINA CHN 934 166
2024 30503 COLOMBIA COL 55 12
2024 30589 COSTA_RICA CRI 4 2
2024 10405 CYPRUS CYP 1 2
2024 10502 DENMARK DNK 32 34
2024 57002 EGYPT EGY 0 1
2024 10707 FINLAND FIN 11 0
2024 10804 FRANCE FRA 407 396
2024 11002 GERMANY DEU 203 303
2024 11207 GREECE GRC 3 3
2024 13006 GUERNSEY GGY 19 14
2024 42005 HONGKONG HKG 303 252
2024 15504 HUNGARY HUN 4 1
2024 42102 INDIA IND 214 0
2024 42218 INDONESIA IDN 39 1
2024 11401 IRELAND IRL 541 656
2024 42501 ISRAEL ISR 93 62
2024 11509 ITALY ITA 79 113
2024 42609 JAPAN JPN 1516 1113
2024 13007 JERSEY JEY 8 33
2024 16543 KAZAKHSTAN KAZ 6 22
2024 43109 KUWAIT KWT 90 1
2024 43419 LEBANON LBN 0 1
2024 11703 LUXEMBOURG LUX 1091 622
2024 43605 MALAYSIA MYS 33 6
2024 53805 MAURITIUS MUS 3 6
2024 31704 MEXICO MEX 105 7
2024 61689 N_ZEALAND NZL 14 0
2024 12106 NETHERLANDS NLD 170 173
2024 12203 NORWAY NOR 237 221
2024 31887 PANAMA PAN 21 17
2024 44806 PHILIPPINES PHL 61 6
2024 15768 POLAND POL 46 4
2024 12319 PORTUGAL PRT 6 12
2024 15806 ROMANIA ROU 12 1
2024 55719 S_AFRICA ZAF 14 5
2024 45608 S_ARABIA SAU 134 31
2024 43001 S_KOREA KOR 203 121
2024 46019 SINGAPORE SGP 339 311
2024 12505 SPAIN ESP 70 48
2024 12602 SWEDEN SWE 59 33
2024 12688 SWITZERLAND CHE 364 195
2024 46418 THAILAND THA 67 4
2024 12807 TURKEY TUR 10 1
2024 13005 UK GBR 1169 493
2024 16403 UKRAINE UKR 17 1
Note. Country data points are labeled with their three-letter ISO codes.
Source: U.S. Treasury, IMF.

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Figure 3: Foreign Holdings of U.S. Equity: TIC and IMF PIP by Country at End-2024

Billions of dollars

Year TIC country code Country Country label TIC equity PIP US equity
2024 57002 EGYPT EGY 1 0
2024 42218 INDONESIA IDN 2 0
2024 16403 UKRAINE UKR 0 0
2024 43419 LEBANON LBN 0 0
2024 30589 COSTA_RICA CRI 5 0
2024 35254 ARUBA ABW 0 0
2024 35319 BAHAMAS BHS 30 1
2024 44806 PHILIPPINES PHL 3 1
2024 15806 ROMANIA ROU 1 1
2024 31887 PANAMA PAN 22 1
2024 12807 TURKEY TUR 1 2
2024 11207 GREECE GRC 3 2
2024 43109 KUWAIT KWT 365 2
2024 10405 CYPRUS CYP 8 3
2024 15504 HUNGARY HUN 1 3
2024 42102 INDIA IND 26 6
2024 15768 POLAND POL 4 6
2024 53805 MAURITIUS MUS 1 8
2024 12319 PORTUGAL PRT 12 13
2024 46418 THAILAND THA 26 15
2024 16543 KAZAKHSTAN KAZ 0 21
2024 30309 BRAZIL BRA 22 21
2024 55719 S_AFRICA ZAF 27 31
2024 30104 ARGENTINA ARG 10 33
2024 30503 COLOMBIA COL 31 41
2024 13007 JERSEY JEY 23 43
2024 43605 MALAYSIA MYS 47 45
2024 10189 AUSTRIA AUT 33 49
2024 31704 MEXICO MEX 109 50
2024 30406 CHILE CHL 44 53
2024 13006 GUERNSEY GGY 67 58
2024 61689 N_ZEALAND NZL 54 63
2024 35602 BERMUDA BMU 144 70
2024 12505 SPAIN ESP 69 72
2024 42005 HONGKONG HKG 233 87
2024 10251 BELGIUM BEL 130 91
2024 11509 ITALY ITA 93 106
2024 42501 ISRAEL ISR 168 113
2024 45608 S_ARABIA SAU 212 118
2024 10707 FINLAND FIN 76 125
2024 41408 CHINA CHN 377 159
2024 10502 DENMARK DNK 245 264
2024 12688 SWITZERLAND CHE 888 334
2024 46019 SINGAPORE SGP 659 365
2024 12602 SWEDEN SWE 383 371
2024 10804 FRANCE FRA 553 381
2024 43001 S_KOREA KOR 533 503
2024 11002 GERMANY DEU 547 517
2024 12106 NETHERLANDS NLD 403 550
2024 60089 AUSTRALIA AUS 669 554
2024 12203 NORWAY NOR 774 645
2024 13005 UK GBR 1868 978
2024 42609 JAPAN JPN 1062 1061
2024 11703 LUXEMBOURG LUX 1289 1316
2024 11401 IRELAND IRL 1346 1523
2024 29998 CANADA CAN 1957 1625
2024 36137 CAYMAN_I CYM 1970 2130
Note. Country data points are labeled with their three-letter ISO codes.
Source: U.S. Treasury, IMF.

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Last Update: February 13, 2026