Table 1a: Foreign Residents' Holdings of U.S. Long-term Treasury Securities by Country 1 PDF

Billions of U.S. dollars
Date Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020
Worldwide 5333.9 5508.1 5523.5 6160.3 6202.4 6174.2 6128.1 6321.6 6488.8 6220.0 6021.9 6016.1 6005.7 6057.4 6035.6
Europe 1473.5 1564.9 1545.6 1768.0 1790.3 1766.0 1758.5 1853.5 1931.7 1842.7 1735.4 1739.3 1731.1 1705.9 1696.9
Europe; Eurozone 796.4 812.1 856.6 968.0 981.6 970.4 971.7 991.2 1036.2 982.6 926.6 915.9 912.7 892.8 899.0
Europe; Eurozone; Austria 5.2 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4
Europe; Eurozone; Belgium 99.5 101.1 164.3 186.0 183.7 181.0 186.2 184.6 194.3 180.4 175.2 176.1 175.5 169.8 171.9
Europe; Eurozone; Finland 11.1 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.2
Europe; Eurozone; France 49.3 66.8 93.6 117.2 116.9 108.4 112.2 117.9 129.7 138.6 118.4 108.2 120.2 108.5 111.4
Europe; Eurozone; Germany 72.8 67.7 59.3 75.4 75.7 72.0 69.0 74.1 75.6 69.7 68.1 70.0 67.4 68.0 70.4
Europe; Eurozone; Ireland 246.7 273.9 228.5 231.3 236.4 238.1 228.0 231.9 240.9 216.5 204.5 208.5 201.3 198.3 198.3
Europe; Eurozone; Italy 38.8 34.5 34.2 40.6 40.5 39.9 40.2 40.9 43.8 42.8 39.2 38.5 39.4 40.0 41.2
Europe; Eurozone; Luxembourg 182.7 172.8 183.6 194.6 204.0 207.2 203.9 212.2 216.3 204.6 196.3 185.6 182.5 182.4 181.2
Europe; Eurozone; Netherlands 45.7 44.1 42.3 60.6 60.5 60.6 63.6 66.5 69.8 67.7 64.2 65.8 67.4 68.0 67.1
Europe; Eurozone; Spain 36.4 32.6 33.2 41.0 43.4 42.6 48.2 41.9 44.1 42.1 41.8 44.6 41.0 39.2 39.0
Europe; Eurozone; Other Eurozone 8.2 7.6 7.8 11.5 10.8 10.9 10.2 11.6 11.8 10.7 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.8 10.1
Europe; Non-Eurozone 677.1 752.8 688.9 800.0 808.7 795.6 786.8 862.3 895.5 860.1 808.8 823.4 818.4 813.1 797.9
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Denmark 17.8 13.5 14.7 17.2 16.9 16.6 16.3 18.1 18.0 15.7 14.6 13.7 14.1 15.1 13.9
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Norway 51.9 50.6 84.1 99.1 100.2 95.9 90.0 97.6 103.2 97.9 93.2 87.5 89.5 90.6 91.3
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Russia 83.4 99.2 5.1 3.1 2.6 3.0 4.3 3.8 4.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 2.9 3.2 2.7
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Sweden 38.5 43.6 43.5 46.9 46.6 49.2 48.3 44.7 45.1 39.0 36.1 36.7 38.5 39.3 37.7
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Switzerland 197.7 219.0 198.8 195.4 199.2 200.5 205.0 204.8 208.7 210.4 208.2 210.1 214.4 218.9 221.3
Europe; Non-Eurozone; United Kingdom 182.0 210.7 245.8 354.6 359.2 345.4 334.5 401.3 425.5 403.5 365.4 379.1 369.1 354.4 346.7
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Other Non-Eurozone 105.8 116.2 96.9 83.9 84.0 85.1 88.4 92.0 90.7 90.3 87.3 92.5 90.1 91.6 84.3
Asia/Oceania 3096.2 3267.2 3204.8 3496.2 3527.8 3533.6 3510.6 3594.9 3685.8 3591.9 3517.9 3517.2 3526.9 3580.4 3570.9
Asia/Oceania; Australia 26.6 28.9 30.2 34.0 39.7 38.3 35.9 39.5 38.4 40.6 36.9 33.7 31.8 33.7 32.9
Asia/Oceania; China 1054.0 1180.7 1117.0 1095.0 1088.7 1085.3 1067.5 1073.1 1088.8 1048.9 1028.3 1044.9 1040.4 1045.9 1050.5
Asia/Oceania; Japan 1034.3 998.2 979.3 1086.8 1109.1 1100.5 1093.1 1147.6 1202.4 1211.7 1202.4 1193.3 1194.8 1225.9 1210.3
Asia/Oceania; Hong Kong 137.7 139.1 160.1 218.3 223.6 228.3 233.7 237.9 248.7 241.4 244.8 244.4 240.0 243.3 229.6
Asia/Oceania; India 111.4 133.0 139.9 159.3 160.3 158.0 158.4 152.5 159.2 151.3 149.0 152.1 151.4 156.1 157.3
Asia/Oceania; Israel 30.2 27.5 27.6 43.1 43.2 43.1 39.0 41.5 39.4 36.5 36.5 39.5 41.3 41.0 40.1
Asia/Oceania; Saudi Arabia 88.8 105.6 121.4 134.5 135.5 137.8 135.3 138.5 141.4 121.7 92.1 90.0 89.8 90.9 92.9
Asia/Oceania; Singapore 96.6 116.7 113.9 135.2 133.2 143.1 139.1 152.7 156.3 143.2 134.1 131.6 139.3 137.2 137.4
Asia/Oceania; South Korea 81.3 93.6 106.7 115.6 114.1 113.8 117.9 116.6 111.4 107.7 116.0 113.4 118.2 119.0 117.9
Asia/Oceania; Taiwan 186.7 177.2 155.0 187.3 189.6 187.1 191.0 195.5 198.2 201.2 197.9 195.1 199.9 205.4 207.4
Asia/Oceania; Other Asia/Oceania 248.6 266.6 253.6 287.1 290.8 298.3 299.6 299.6 301.6 287.6 279.9 279.2 280.0 282.1 294.8
North America 375.6 286.0 325.8 426.7 418.0 415.2 411.3 411.7 402.3 352.3 343.6 337.3 335.5 348.9 352.9
North America; Bermuda 47.5 48.6 43.5 46.6 43.5 44.4 49.4 43.5 43.9 39.4 37.5 35.5 35.2 35.0 35.0
North America; British Virgin Islands 31.8 27.4 23.9 31.9 32.3 31.6 32.5 31.9 32.9 32.3 32.0 32.2 30.6 30.7 31.2
North America; Canada 72.3 73.5 80.3 133.2 137.8 136.0 125.3 138.6 127.0 111.7 112.9 104.9 101.7 109.1 105.8
North America; Cayman Islands 165.8 84.8 119.8 148.7 136.8 137.9 141.9 132.5 132.2 113.3 107.3 106.8 108.9 115.0 120.4
North America; Mexico 39.7 30.2 39.9 41.9 39.8 39.8 38.6 40.0 40.5 29.8 30.5 33.7 34.3 35.0 36.3
North America; Other North America 18.6 21.5 18.5 24.3 27.8 25.7 23.6 25.1 25.8 25.8 23.4 24.2 24.9 24.1 24.2
South America 318.7 316.6 373.7 384.8 378.8 369.8 361.9 362.3 365.1 345.0 332.7 333.9 328.6 334.2 336.8
South America; Brazil 247.8 242.5 297.6 297.4 292.9 286.2 277.6 279.2 280.9 262.7 255.1 255.1 248.3 251.2 250.5
South America; Chile 22.7 20.9 20.4 27.9 26.9 25.6 26.3 25.3 25.1 25.2 23.5 23.9 24.0 24.5 24.3
South America; Colombia 27.9 29.4 25.7 30.5 30.7 30.8 30.4 29.3 30.4 28.9 25.5 27.4 28.0 28.9 29.8
South America; Other South America 20.3 23.9 29.9 29.0 28.3 27.2 27.7 28.6 28.7 28.3 28.6 27.5 28.2 29.5 32.3
Africa 22.4 31.7 29.4 39.2 38.3 38.5 39.6 38.8 40.7 41.7 37.3 37.7 38.3 39.0 37.8
Africa; Egypt 0.5 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Africa; Mauritius 1.0 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
Africa; South Africa 9.3 14.7 8.2 11.2 10.5 11.0 12.4 11.3 11.7 13.3 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.4
Africa; Other Africa 11.7 13.6 18.4 24.6 24.5 24.3 23.9 24.4 25.8 25.5 25.3 26.1 26.7 27.3 26.6
Country Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
International/Regional Organizations 47.5 41.8 44.2 45.4 49.2 51.0 46.3 60.4 63.1 46.3 54.9 50.7 45.3 49.0 40.2
  FOOTNOTES

(1) Source: Treasury International Capital (TIC) Securities Long Term (SLT) statistical release published online at www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticsec2.aspx Return to text.

(2) Eurozone membership as of April 2016 Return to text.