14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per unit of GDP by country
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
134.13 units per US$ of GDP
Cayman Islands
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Yemen
Median
0.0482 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
5,127
What the numbers show
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 134.13 units per US$ of GDP in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0482 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.9183 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 147,408.0%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 100.0%).
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 134.13 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 2 | Bermuda | 11.73 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 9.49 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 8.62 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 5 | Liberia | 1.51 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 163.0% | falling |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1.23 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 1.03 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 0.9863 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 9 | France | 0.9119 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 0.8095 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | Austria | 0.6826 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 0.663 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 0.6423 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 0.6257 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 15 | Curacao | 0.5952 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 0.5913 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 17 | Norway | 0.5353 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 18 | Denmark | 0.5005 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 0.5001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 20 | Mauritius | 0.4977 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Singapore | 0.4961 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 0.4567 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 0.448 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 24 | Isle of Man | 0.4347 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Panama | 0.4001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 0.3888 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.2% | rising |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.3749 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 0.3741 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 29 | United States | 0.3719 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 0.3136 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 0.2802 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 32 | New Zealand | 0.2629 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 33 | Latvia | 0.2448 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 0.2439 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 265.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Iceland | 0.2399 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahamas | 0.2364 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 37 | Hungary | 0.2327 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 38 | Chile | 0.2305 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 39 | Japan | 0.2258 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Switzerland | 0.2223 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 41 | Namibia | 0.2175 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 322.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Bahrain | 0.2063 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 0.1852 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.4% | flat |
| 44 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.1824 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Romania | 0.1787 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1779 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Uruguay | 0.1741 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 48 | Macao | 0.1684 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 794.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Malta | 0.1679 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 50 | San Marino | 0.1671 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 6,064.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 0.1653 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0.1524 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,909.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 0.1518 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 231.1% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 0.1488 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 55 | Lithuania | 0.1478 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 0.1465 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.1461 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 0.1443 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 59 | Faroe Islands | 0.143 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Lesotho | 0.1419 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 147,408.0% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 0.1336 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 0.1322 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,635.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Andorra | 0.1316 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 544.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | 0.127 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 65 | Greece | 0.1222 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Qatar | 0.1216 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.1193 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1185 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 69 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.115 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.113 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0.1113 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 0.1103 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Malaysia | 0.1092 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 74 | Poland | 0.1092 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 75 | Serbia | 0.1082 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1069 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 77 | Paraguay | 0.1043 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.1038 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 79 | South Korea | 0.0992 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 80 | Laos | 0.0948 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Senegal | 0.0929 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0915 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 5,196.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 0.0808 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 723.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Israel | 0.0802 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 85 | Brazil | 0.0766 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 0.0761 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.0726 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 514.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Suriname | 0.0707 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4,659.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Jamaica | 0.0649 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.0% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 0.0642 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 91 | Benin | 0.0619 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10,067.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.0613 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 93 | Morocco | 0.0602 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 0.0585 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 0.0579 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.0565 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.056 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 218.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Argentina | 0.0549 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.0529 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Albania | 0.0516 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 0.0516 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Georgia | 0.0509 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Nauru | 0.0501 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.0496 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.0468 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Venezuela | 0.0461 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 107 | Eswatini | 0.046 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,385.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Thailand | 0.0449 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 109 | Angola | 0.0447 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 528.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 0.0417 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 13,687.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Eritrea | 0.0413 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Ukraine | 0.0398 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.0378 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Kenya | 0.037 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 0.0356 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0355 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 612.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 0.0351 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 118 | Aruba | 0.0332 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Turkey | 0.0319 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 120 | Grenada | 0.0315 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 121 | China | 0.0288 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Seychelles | 0.028 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Belize | 0.0261 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Central African Republic | 0.0236 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 0.0219 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 482.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Mozambique | 0.0213 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Pakistan | 0.0207 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 0.0183 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 205.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Lebanon | 0.018 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 130 | India | 0.018 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0179 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 0.0169 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 0.0161 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 145.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Kuwait | 0.0146 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Tunisia | 0.0128 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 83.4% | falling |
| 136 | Burundi | 0.0121 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Rwanda | 0.0121 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0118 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 139 | Congo | 0.011 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.0101 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0095 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Moldova | 0.0087 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 282.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0085 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3,276.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Greenland | 0.0067 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10,149.7% | volatile |
| 145 | East Timor | 0.0061 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 552.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Bolivia | 0.0055 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Dominica | 0.0053 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0048 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 804.5% | volatile |
| 149 | South Sudan | 0.0046 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Belarus | 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Cambodia | 0.0036 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0.0034 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 0.0032 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Monaco | 0.0026 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 477.7% | volatile |
| 155 | American Samoa | 0.0025 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 164.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | 0.0024 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Comoros | 0.0023 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Ethiopia | 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Vietnam | 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Tanzania | 0.0022 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 0.0021 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Maldives | 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Russia | 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Guam | 0.0014 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 0.001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Fiji | 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Mali | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Brunei | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Nepal | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 364.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Malawi | 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3,771.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Cuba | 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritania | 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Iran | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Myanmar | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Algeria | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Guyana | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 295.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Kiribati | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
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- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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About this data
14_Debt securities held by nonresidents divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.