14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per capita by country
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
212
Highest
12.32 million units per person
Cayman Islands
Lowest
0 units per person
Vanuatu
Median
297.49 units per person
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,295
What the numbers show
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per capita is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 12.32 million units per person in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 0 units per person in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 297.49 units per person, and the mean is 94,565 units per person.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 143,167.0%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 100.0%).
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 12.32 million units per person | 2025 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 2 | British Virgin Islands | 3.23 million units per person | 2025 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Bermuda | 1.82 million units per person | 2025 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1.27 million units per person | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 129,791 units per person | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 90,709 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 7 | Liechtenstein | 87,831 units per person | 2025 | up 818.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 80,528 units per person | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Finland | 58,072 units per person | 2025 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 50,634 units per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 49,177 units per person | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 12 | Singapore | 49,026 units per person | 2025 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 44,669 units per person | 2025 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 42,954 units per person | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 40,553 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 38,524 units per person | 2025 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 38,189 units per person | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 18 | Isle of Man | 35,113 units per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Canada | 34,848 units per person | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 33,481 units per person | 2025 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 21 | Gibraltar | 33,020 units per person | 2025 | up 448.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 29,743 units per person | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 27,101 units per person | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 24 | Switzerland | 25,516 units per person | 2025 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Iceland | 23,591 units per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 22,840 units per person | 2025 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 21,656 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 21,316 units per person | 2025 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Faroe Islands | 13,801 units per person | 2025 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Bahamas | 13,303 units per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 31 | New Zealand | 13,036 units per person | 2025 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 32 | Macao | 12,780 units per person | 2025 | up 870.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 12,029 units per person | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 34 | Barbados | 11,027 units per person | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Curacao | 10,952 units per person | 2025 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovenia | 10,474 units per person | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 9,386 units per person | 2025 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 38 | San Marino | 9,184 units per person | 2025 | up 1,214.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Slovakia | 8,951 units per person | 2025 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Qatar | 8,817 units per person | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Japan | 8,116 units per person | 2025 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 8,042 units per person | 2025 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Panama | 7,918 units per person | 2025 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Andorra | 7,145 units per person | 2025 | up 805.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritius | 6,466 units per person | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6,458 units per person | 2025 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Latvia | 6,441 units per person | 2025 | up 183.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Bahrain | 6,312 units per person | 2025 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 6,029 units per person | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 50 | Cyprus | 5,570 units per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 5,344 units per person | 2025 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Estonia | 5,223 units per person | 2025 | up 543.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 4,871 units per person | 2025 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Israel | 4,836 units per person | 2025 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 4,390 units per person | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Chile | 4,147 units per person | 2025 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Romania | 4,027 units per person | 2025 | up 381.5% | volatile |
| 58 | South Korea | 3,594 units per person | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 3,294 units per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Poland | 3,103 units per person | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 61 | Croatia | 2,814 units per person | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 2,637 units per person | 2025 | up 2,801.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Aruba | 2,350 units per person | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,270 units per person | 2025 | up 8,076.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 2,263 units per person | 2025 | up 334.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Montenegro | 2,170 units per person | 2025 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,028 units per person | 2025 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 1,828 units per person | 2025 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Mexico | 1,657 units per person | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia | 1,651 units per person | 2025 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 71 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,444 units per person | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 1,433 units per person | 2025 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 73 | Peru | 1,397 units per person | 2025 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Liberia | 1,385 units per person | 2025 | up 247.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 1,226 units per person | 2025 | up 957.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 1,168 units per person | 2025 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Colombia | 1,088 units per person | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Namibia | 1,060 units per person | 2025 | up 331.2% | volatile |
| 79 | South Africa | 881.56 units per person | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 80 | El Salvador | 842.61 units per person | 2025 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Brazil | 820.22 units per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 82 | Argentina | 817.49 units per person | 2025 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 802.92 units per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 798.64 units per person | 2025 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Nauru | 733.97 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 732.83 units per person | 2025 | up 206.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Albania | 670.84 units per person | 2025 | up 678.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkey | 594.08 units per person | 2025 | down 48.7% | rising |
| 89 | Greenland | 588.34 units per person | 2025 | up 21,912.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Seychelles | 545.2 units per person | 2025 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Armenia | 535.38 units per person | 2025 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | 519.37 units per person | 2025 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 515.84 units per person | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Suriname | 499.49 units per person | 2025 | up 3,717.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 493.33 units per person | 2025 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 471.6 units per person | 2025 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Gabon | 436.87 units per person | 2025 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 409.81 units per person | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 99 | China | 399.86 units per person | 2025 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Monaco | 393.69 units per person | 2025 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Grenada | 380.88 units per person | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Guatemala | 369.21 units per person | 2025 | up 439.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Thailand | 361.44 units per person | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 361.31 units per person | 2025 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Indonesia | 310.16 units per person | 2025 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 309.48 units per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Morocco | 285.49 units per person | 2025 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 270.2 units per person | 2025 | up 336.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Ecuador | 269.32 units per person | 2025 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Philippines | 267.6 units per person | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 263.54 units per person | 2025 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 257.99 units per person | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Egypt | 249.28 units per person | 2025 | up 668.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Laos | 220.34 units per person | 2025 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Ukraine | 218.59 units per person | 2025 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 210.91 units per person | 2025 | up 5,017.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Belize | 205.48 units per person | 2025 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Lebanon | 202.98 units per person | 2025 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Eswatini | 188.89 units per person | 2025 | up 1,684.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Senegal | 181.62 units per person | 2025 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | 178.62 units per person | 2025 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Botswana | 170.15 units per person | 2025 | up 637.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 165.46 units per person | 2025 | up 17,144.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Venezuela | 161.21 units per person | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 154.47 units per person | 2025 | up 143,167.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Ghana | 152.29 units per person | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Zambia | 145.32 units per person | 2025 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Angola | 139.94 units per person | 2025 | up 439.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 130.51 units per person | 2025 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 122.96 units per person | 2025 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 131 | Benin | 102.61 units per person | 2025 | up 16,719.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Nigeria | 88.88 units per person | 2025 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Kenya | 87.33 units per person | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Moldova | 75.3 units per person | 2025 | up 1,099.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Tunisia | 59.63 units per person | 2025 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 136 | Dominica | 58.55 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.24 units per person | 2025 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 138 | India | 48.52 units per person | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 139 | American Samoa | 46.87 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 44.64 units per person | 2025 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Pakistan | 33.05 units per person | 2025 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Bolivia | 28.26 units per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Congo | 27.75 units per person | 2025 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 27.65 units per person | 2025 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 26.28 units per person | 2025 | up 270.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 25.63 units per person | 2025 | up 4,003.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Russia | 25.19 units per person | 2025 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Cameroon | 19.92 units per person | 2025 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Uganda | 19.48 units per person | 2025 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Eritrea | 14.67 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Guam | 13.64 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Rwanda | 13.55 units per person | 2025 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Mozambique | 13.34 units per person | 2025 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 13.11 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Iraq | 12.72 units per person | 2025 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Brunei | 12.57 units per person | 2025 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Vietnam | 11.2 units per person | 2025 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 10.89 units per person | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Cambodia | 10.33 units per person | 2025 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 160 | East Timor | 8.11 units per person | 2025 | up 563.0% | volatile |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 6.09 units per person | 2025 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 5.99 units per person | 2025 | up 174.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Comoros | 4.66 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 4.24 units per person | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Guyana | 3.96 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.85 units per person | 2025 | up 1,371.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Fiji | 3.69 units per person | 2025 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Burundi | 2.82 units per person | 2025 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Tanzania | 2.8 units per person | 2025 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 2.46 units per person | 2025 | up 241.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 2.08 units per person | 2025 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 0.9497 units per person | 2025 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Algeria | 0.8313 units per person | 2025 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 174 | North Korea | 0.8231 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | 0.6319 units per person | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Nepal | 0.5911 units per person | 2025 | up 714.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Iran | 0.5745 units per person | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Mali | 0.5205 units per person | 2025 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Madagascar | 0.4654 units per person | 2025 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Mauritania | 0.3466 units per person | 2025 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 0.2488 units per person | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Myanmar | 0.2122 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Malawi | 0.171 units per person | 2025 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Cuba | 0.1451 units per person | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Sudan | 0.0567 units per person | 2025 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 0.021 units per person | 2025 | up 411.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Haiti | 0.0208 units per person | 2025 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Yemen | 0.0149 units per person | 2025 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 0.0034 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Bhutan | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Djibouti | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Guinea | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Gambia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Libya | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 units per person | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | New Caledonia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Palau | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Somalia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Syria | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Chad | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Tonga | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- 14_Debt securities held by nonresidents IMF
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.