15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term by country
Short-term debt securities cover such instruments as treasury bills, commercial paper, and bankers' acceptances that usually give the holder the unconditional right to a stated fixed sum of money on a specified date. These instruments are usually traded on organized markets at a discount and have an original term...
Countries reporting
213
Highest
1.11 trillion
United States
Lowest
-203.02 million
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
7.03 million
Years covered
25
2001–2025
Data points
5,327
What the numbers show
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 1.11 trillion in United States; the lowest is -203.02 million in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.03 million, and the mean is 19.27 billion.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,464.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 103,356.0%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 587.9%).
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1.11 trillion | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 448.74 billion | 2025 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 3 | France | 398.15 billion | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 305.55 billion | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 275.58 billion | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 242.48 billion | 2025 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Singapore | 135.77 billion | 2025 | up 194.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands | 135.45 billion | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 119.36 billion | 2025 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 105.60 billion | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 92.73 billion | 2025 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 90.33 billion | 2025 | up 164.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 82.14 billion | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 14 | China | 80.72 billion | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Ireland | 61.01 billion | 2025 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 55.54 billion | 2025 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Finland | 55.36 billion | 2025 | up 250.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Norway | 33.97 billion | 2025 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 30.48 billion | 2025 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 25.58 billion | 2025 | up 231.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 23.58 billion | 2025 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 23.01 billion | 2025 | up 106.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 19.69 billion | 2025 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 24 | Switzerland | 19.51 billion | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 25 | South Korea | 16.90 billion | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Denmark | 13.15 billion | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 27 | Egypt | 11.11 billion | 2025 | up 10,469.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 10.93 billion | 2025 | up 2,494.4% | volatile |
| 29 | New Zealand | 10.11 billion | 2025 | up 157.2% | rising |
| 30 | Qatar | 8.24 billion | 2025 | up 1,358.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Nigeria | 7.50 billion | 2025 | up 3,114.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Macao | 6.44 billion | 2025 | up 1,577.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 6.14 billion | 2025 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 5.84 billion | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Mexico | 4.76 billion | 2025 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Pakistan | 4.43 billion | 2025 | up 3,863.4% | volatile |
| 37 | British Virgin Islands | 2.80 billion | 2025 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Malaysia | 2.70 billion | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 2.42 billion | 2025 | up 915.2% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 2.22 billion | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Kuwait | 2.22 billion | 2025 | up 6,207.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 1.77 billion | 2025 | up 156.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Bahamas | 1.58 billion | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 1.55 billion | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkey | 1.52 billion | 2025 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Greece | 1.35 billion | 2025 | up 1,095.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 1.15 billion | 2025 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Bermuda | 1.08 billion | 2025 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 854.67 million | 2025 | up 189.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 604.00 million | 2025 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Bahrain | 603.85 million | 2025 | up 415.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Curacao | 597.82 million | 2025 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 512.06 million | 2025 | up 45,480.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Panama | 435.30 million | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 55 | Oman | 381.86 million | 2025 | up 1,994.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 344.20 million | 2025 | up 871.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Namibia | 329.21 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Laos | 250.00 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 241.20 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Slovakia | 212.70 million | 2025 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Argentina | 192.43 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 189.21 million | 2025 | up 153.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Romania | 185.20 million | 2025 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | 184.73 million | 2025 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Netherlands Antilles | 156.47 million | 2009 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 134.89 million | 2025 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Kenya | 130.00 million | 2025 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Vietnam | 118.68 million | 2025 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Morocco | 110.71 million | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Poland | 99.56 million | 2025 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Botswana | 93.14 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Philippines | 87.53 million | 2025 | up 280.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Puerto Rico | 67.94 million | 2025 | up 29,292.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 56.35 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Cyprus | 53.98 million | 2025 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Barbados | 53.88 million | 2025 | up 979.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Latvia | 52.60 million | 2025 | up 31,977.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Tanzania | 46.95 million | 2025 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Malta | 45.37 million | 2025 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 43.65 million | 2025 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Russia | 41.85 million | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 41.78 million | 2025 | up 512.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Cameroon | 41.26 million | 2025 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Slovenia | 38.14 million | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 31.25 million | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Peru | 30.45 million | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 29.40 million | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Iceland | 29.01 million | 2025 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritius | 19.24 million | 2025 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Lithuania | 18.62 million | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Zambia | 17.47 million | 2025 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Algeria | 15.99 million | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Eswatini | 14.04 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 13.27 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 12.86 million | 2025 | up 2,889.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 12.09 million | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 10.82 million | 2025 | up 435.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 9.58 million | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 9.50 million | 2025 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.30 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Guatemala | 9.16 million | 2025 | up 1,999.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 9.14 million | 2025 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Ukraine | 9.05 million | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Isle of Man | 8.35 million | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 8.03 million | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Moldova | 7.31 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Jamaica | 7.03 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 6.83 million | 2025 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.52 million | 2025 | up 162.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 6.10 million | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 5.76 million | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 5.37 million | 2025 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 5.34 million | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Mongolia | 4.88 million | 2025 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 4.45 million | 2025 | up 103,356.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Marshall Islands | 4.17 million | 2025 | up 1,029.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Maldives | 3.79 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 3.24 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Rwanda | 2.25 million | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Armenia | 2.22 million | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 2.13 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 1.97 million | 2025 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Serbia | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 7,499.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 1.57 million | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Montenegro | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 755.0% | volatile |
| 126 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.37 million | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Liberia | 1.20 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Brunei | 1.17 million | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Mali | 1.17 million | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 million | 2025 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Mauritania | 1.04 million | 2025 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Georgia | 832,689 | 2025 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Senegal | 671,932 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Gibraltar | 427,620 | 2025 | up 185.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Madagascar | 399,693 | 2025 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 136 | North Korea | 379,152 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 323,274 | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Myanmar | 310,606 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Monaco | 215,828 | 2025 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Tunisia | 125,360 | 2025 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 97,976 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 96,032 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Benin | 58,954 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Seychelles | 12,459 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Aruba | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Angola | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Andorra | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | American Samoa | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Burundi | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Belarus | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Belize | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Bhutan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Congo | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Comoros | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Dominica | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Gabon | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Grenada | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Greenland | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Guam | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Guyana | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Iran | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Iraq | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Cambodia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Kiribati | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Nauru | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Palau | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | San Marino | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Suriname | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Syria | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Chad | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | East Timor | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Tonga | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Samoa | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 208 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.01 | 2025 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Togo | -5.29 million | 2025 | down 180.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Bolivia | -50.14 million | 2025 | down 587.9% | volatile |
| 211 | Honduras | -60.67 million | 2025 | down 148.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Venezuela | -147.21 million | 2025 | down 195.1% | volatile |
| 213 | Cote d'Ivoire | -203.02 million | 2025 | up 71.9% | volatile |
About this data
Short-term debt securities cover such instruments as treasury bills, commercial paper, and bankers' acceptances that usually give the holder the unconditional right to a stated fixed sum of money on a specified date. These instruments are usually traded on organized markets at a discount and have an original term to maturity of one year or less.