Table 2a: U.S. Residents' Holdings of Foreign Long-term Bonds 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 2430.8 2822.2 2872.6 3114.0 3157.0 3154.3 3146.4 3235.8 3244.2 2946.2 3042.5 3106.8 3177.3 3291.7 3297.7
Europe 1041.1 1214.1 1217.2 1303.9 1328.9 1328.3 1328.9 1355.9 1357.3 1244.0 1283.0 1301.7 1337.7 1402.4 1406.6
Europe; Eurozone 578.4 651.0 646.9 698.4 709.1 706.4 706.8 722.4 726.3 665.6 680.1 687.3 707.3 747.2 734.9
Europe; Eurozone; Austria 7.0 11.3 11.2 11.9 12.3 12.1 12.4 12.1 12.2 11.1 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.8
Europe; Eurozone; Belgium 6.5 8.5 7.5 7.7 8.1 8.1 7.7 8.1 8.3 7.8 8.5 8.8 9.2 9.9 9.6
Europe; Eurozone; Finland 4.1 7.4 9.8 10.4 10.9 11.2 11.5 11.1 10.8 10.8 10.7 10.5 11.2 11.8 12.4
Europe; Eurozone; France 126.6 133.2 149.5 166.9 166.7 164.1 165.1 172.7 174.8 161.0 165.3 166.9 172.1 181.7 180.5
Europe; Eurozone; Germany 68.4 81.9 76.7 74.7 73.8 72.1 70.6 74.2 77.1 74.8 74.3 77.4 80.5 88.3 84.6
Europe; Eurozone; Ireland 65.2 70.3 71.7 76.8 79.1 79.4 79.5 80.0 80.5 75.4 73.4 72.6 75.3 78.6 77.1
Europe; Eurozone; Italy 26.2 40.4 36.7 41.9 44.3 43.3 43.4 45.4 45.7 40.1 40.3 41.5 43.3 46.9 46.5
Europe; Eurozone; Luxembourg 76.5 70.9 62.6 69.1 70.6 70.5 71.5 72.4 71.9 63.0 64.4 58.2 58.5 60.7 61.4
Europe; Eurozone; Netherlands 168.3 186.9 180.1 182.1 184.5 187.4 187.7 189.8 188.8 170.9 177.5 181.0 184.4 191.4 190.5
Europe; Eurozone; Spain 19.4 28.6 29.2 44.5 45.7 45.2 44.5 43.9 43.8 39.4 42.2 46.2 47.9 52.4 48.2
Europe; Eurozone; Other Eurozone 10.3 11.5 12.0 12.6 13.1 12.8 12.8 12.7 12.4 11.4 11.7 12.4 12.9 13.4 12.6
Europe; Non-Eurozone 462.7 563.1 570.3 605.4 619.9 621.9 622.1 633.5 631.0 578.4 602.9 614.4 630.4 655.2 671.6
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Denmark 13.4 25.3 11.4 17.0 17.2 16.5 16.8 17.1 17.6 15.8 15.6 15.5 16.2 16.6 18.4
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Norway 24.8 24.0 21.7 22.5 23.2 23.6 24.0 24.5 25.4 23.3 26.9 27.7 28.4 29.0 28.9
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Russia 10.0 13.4 9.2 14.4 15.7 16.3 16.5 17.4 17.6 14.6 15.1 16.4 16.1 16.1 16.0
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Sweden 30.0 41.5 34.7 30.0 29.8 30.1 31.6 31.9 32.3 28.8 28.0 26.6 28.3 29.4 30.0
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Switzerland 13.5 36.2 36.1 37.5 37.8 38.3 36.8 37.9 38.3 35.0 39.1 38.9 39.5 40.8 41.7
Europe; Non-Eurozone; United Kingdom 284.6 328.4 370.2 399.7 411.8 413.1 412.6 421.1 415.7 386.0 404.3 413.8 425.8 445.1 457.9
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Other Non-Eurozone 86.4 94.3 86.9 84.3 84.5 84.0 83.7 83.6 84.2 74.9 73.8 75.4 76.1 78.2 78.7
Asia/Oceania 346.1 417.6 459.7 501.7 511.2 510.7 502.3 522.6 534.3 478.0 500.4 509.1 519.4 537.1 539.8
Asia/Oceania; Australia 111.6 116.5 115.9 119.9 122.0 121.3 120.8 124.9 126.2 115.7 118.2 118.7 121.6 123.9 125.0
Asia/Oceania; China 1.9 3.0 6.2 13.6 14.0 15.4 16.2 17.3 19.1 17.2 17.6 19.0 20.6 23.7 28.2
Asia/Oceania; Japan 91.4 122.1 154.2 167.0 174.4 172.8 164.0 176.6 183.8 168.3 174.4 174.6 175.8 181.1 178.1
Asia/Oceania; Hong Kong 3.8 4.5 6.4 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.2 7.2 6.5 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.1
Asia/Oceania; India 8.4 13.3 15.2 14.7 15.2 15.3 15.2 15.6 16.5 12.3 11.0 10.6 10.7 10.7 11.4
Asia/Oceania; Israel 16.4 16.9 18.3 18.4 18.3 18.4 18.5 19.2 19.4 18.0 20.0 20.5 21.1 21.7 22.5
Asia/Oceania; Saudi Arabia 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
Asia/Oceania; Singapore 8.1 10.8 12.2 12.9 12.5 13.1 12.5 13.3 13.7 12.3 12.4 13.4 12.9 13.2 13.0
Asia/Oceania; South Korea 22.8 19.9 18.0 19.5 19.5 19.3 19.3 19.1 19.7 18.1 19.5 18.6 18.8 19.5 20.3
Asia/Oceania; Taiwan 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Asia/Oceania; Other Asia/Oceania 81.7 110.5 113.2 128.6 128.0 127.9 128.7 129.3 128.5 109.4 120.0 126.8 130.8 136.2 134.1
North America 829.5 942.9 958.8 1067.2 1070.4 1068.0 1069.0 1096.4 1097.2 996.3 1027.3 1050.4 1070.9 1095.3 1098.4
North America; Bermuda 30.6 33.5 35.2 35.5 35.4 34.9 35.5 37.1 37.4 32.7 32.6 33.8 36.0 37.9 39.0
North America; British Virgin Islands 11.1 14.7 16.5 17.9 17.9 18.0 18.2 18.1 18.6 17.0 15.5 15.2 15.4 16.2 16.5
North America; Canada 332.1 371.6 374.1 392.2 393.6 389.4 388.0 397.7 400.5 366.5 384.3 390.7 399.2 407.3 409.2
North America; Cayman Islands 339.0 398.3 420.9 492.9 494.9 498.3 500.5 507.7 506.9 473.9 480.9 489.5 499.6 508.0 507.7
North America; Mexico 90.9 96.3 84.6 95.4 96.1 94.5 93.2 101.1 99.7 78.5 81.4 87.2 85.1 88.4 88.9
North America; Other North America 25.7 28.6 27.6 33.2 32.5 32.8 33.5 34.7 34.1 27.8 32.7 34.1 35.5 37.5 37.1
South America 117.5 130.4 120.2 114.9 119.7 120.0 117.8 128.4 126.4 106.9 108.3 115.9 116.8 121.8 118.8
South America; Brazil 43.0 34.5 31.2 34.1 34.9 33.8 31.9 32.5 31.9 26.8 24.5 24.8 25.3 25.5 24.6
South America; Chile 14.3 18.7 20.4 22.3 22.8 23.2 23.2 26.1 26.0 23.0 23.8 25.7 26.0 27.5 27.1
South America; Colombia 18.6 21.3 20.9 22.7 22.7 22.1 22.5 23.5 22.9 18.9 19.5 21.9 22.5 23.7 23.4
South America; Other South America 41.6 55.9 47.7 35.9 39.3 40.9 40.2 46.4 45.5 38.3 40.5 43.4 43.0 45.1 43.7
Africa 24.7 34.8 38.1 40.9 41.0 42.1 42.7 42.9 42.7 31.9 32.1 36.9 38.9 39.5 39.8
Africa; Egypt 0.4 3.2 4.0 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.8 5.1 5.5 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.6
Africa; Mauritius 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6
Africa; South Africa 11.3 14.5 14.9 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.9 13.5 13.1 9.6 9.3 10.3 10.8 11.2 10.9
Africa; Other Africa 12.6 16.5 18.4 19.5 19.4 20.1 20.5 21.1 21.3 16.0 16.1 18.6 20.2 20.4 20.7
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 71.9 82.4 78.6 85.5 85.8 85.3 85.6 89.6 86.4 89.0 91.4 92.8 93.7 95.6 94.3
  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.