Foreign liabilities per capita (current US$) by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
21.53 million current US$
Luxembourg
Lowest
277.16 current US$
Burundi
Median
6,895 current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
3,851
What the numbers show
Foreign liabilities per capita (current US$) is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 21.53 million current US$ in Luxembourg; the lowest is 277.16 current US$ in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,895 current US$, and the mean is 199,914 current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77,693.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 390.4%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 80.6%).
Foreign liabilities per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 21.53 million current US$ | 2020 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Ireland | 1.83 million current US$ | 2020 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 660,055 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 597,128 current US$ | 2020 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Switzerland | 592,939 current US$ | 2020 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands | 589,322 current US$ | 2020 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Mauritius | 370,966 current US$ | 2020 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 266,496 current US$ | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 215,994 current US$ | 2020 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 204,752 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 184,502 current US$ | 2020 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 183,479 current US$ | 2020 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 182,539 current US$ | 2020 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 159,658 current US$ | 2020 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 141,011 current US$ | 2020 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 122,436 current US$ | 2020 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 122,179 current US$ | 2020 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Austria | 118,747 current US$ | 2020 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 19 | Qatar | 118,070 current US$ | 2020 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Canada | 110,706 current US$ | 2020 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 84,463 current US$ | 2020 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Bahrain | 76,744 current US$ | 2020 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 74,935 current US$ | 2020 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 24 | New Zealand | 70,754 current US$ | 2020 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 68,006 current US$ | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 66,541 current US$ | 2020 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Italy | 63,166 current US$ | 2020 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 62,875 current US$ | 2020 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 62,693 current US$ | 2020 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Japan | 60,347 current US$ | 2020 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 31 | Estonia | 46,691 current US$ | 2020 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Israel | 44,789 current US$ | 2020 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 40,769 current US$ | 2020 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Czechia | 36,600 current US$ | 2020 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovakia | 36,188 current US$ | 2020 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 33,655 current US$ | 2020 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 37 | Latvia | 32,828 current US$ | 2020 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 38 | South Korea | 28,809 current US$ | 2020 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Lebanon | 28,764 current US$ | 2020 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Lithuania | 26,680 current US$ | 2020 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Oman | 26,231 current US$ | 2020 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Uruguay | 24,921 current US$ | 2020 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Montenegro | 23,810 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 22,832 current US$ | 2020 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Kuwait | 20,575 current US$ | 2020 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Maldives | 19,872 current US$ | 2020 | up 228.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Croatia | 19,749 current US$ | 2020 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,878 current US$ | 2020 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 16,530 current US$ | 2020 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 16,431 current US$ | 2020 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 15,270 current US$ | 2020 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 14,375 current US$ | 2020 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 13,881 current US$ | 2020 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Mongolia | 13,740 current US$ | 2020 | up 192.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Malaysia | 13,684 current US$ | 2020 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 56 | Jamaica | 12,754 current US$ | 2020 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 57 | Guyana | 12,731 current US$ | 2020 | up 302.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia | 12,687 current US$ | 2020 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 12,433 current US$ | 2020 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 12,316 current US$ | 2020 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Belize | 10,225 current US$ | 2020 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 10,152 current US$ | 2020 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 9,751 current US$ | 2020 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 9,723 current US$ | 2020 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 65 | Suriname | 8,744 current US$ | 2020 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 8,649 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Thailand | 7,968 current US$ | 2020 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 7,867 current US$ | 2020 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Turkey | 7,693 current US$ | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 7,515 current US$ | 2020 | up 105.5% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 7,468 current US$ | 2020 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Russia | 7,245 current US$ | 2020 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 7,188 current US$ | 2020 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Jordan | 6,957 current US$ | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Brazil | 6,916 current US$ | 2020 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Tunisia | 6,873 current US$ | 2020 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 6,807 current US$ | 2020 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Albania | 6,668 current US$ | 2020 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,508 current US$ | 2020 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 6,120 current US$ | 2020 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 81 | Armenia | 5,786 current US$ | 2020 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 5,718 current US$ | 2020 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Ecuador | 4,762 current US$ | 2020 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 84 | China | 4,663 current US$ | 2020 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 4,577 current US$ | 2020 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 86 | Namibia | 4,557 current US$ | 2020 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 87 | Congo | 4,354 current US$ | 2020 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 4,162 current US$ | 2020 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Paraguay | 4,030 current US$ | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 90 | Laos | 3,929 current US$ | 2020 | up 166.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Ukraine | 3,883 current US$ | 2020 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 3,810 current US$ | 2020 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,357 current US$ | 2020 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 94 | Cambodia | 3,355 current US$ | 2020 | up 390.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Vietnam | 3,349 current US$ | 2020 | up 172.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 3,223 current US$ | 2020 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 97 | Botswana | 3,185 current US$ | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 98 | Honduras | 2,907 current US$ | 2020 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 99 | Iraq | 2,736 current US$ | 2020 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 100 | Mauritania | 2,722 current US$ | 2020 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 2,672 current US$ | 2020 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Egypt | 2,610 current US$ | 2020 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 2,518 current US$ | 2020 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 104 | Guatemala | 2,409 current US$ | 2020 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 105 | Mozambique | 2,357 current US$ | 2020 | up 266.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 2,330 current US$ | 2020 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Philippines | 2,266 current US$ | 2020 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 108 | Angola | 2,225 current US$ | 2020 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 2,209 current US$ | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia | 2,033 current US$ | 2020 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,952 current US$ | 2020 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 1,888 current US$ | 2020 | up 122.1% | rising |
| 113 | Eswatini | 1,822 current US$ | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 1,741 current US$ | 2020 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 115 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,645 current US$ | 2020 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 116 | Kenya | 1,341 current US$ | 2020 | up 252.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 1,324 current US$ | 2020 | up 116.5% | rising |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 1,205 current US$ | 2020 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 119 | India | 1,168 current US$ | 2020 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Ghana | 1,119 current US$ | 2020 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 121 | Togo | 1,080 current US$ | 2020 | up 176.3% | rising |
| 122 | Lesotho | 995.52 current US$ | 2020 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 123 | Cameroon | 927.33 current US$ | 2020 | up 178.3% | falling |
| 124 | Benin | 918.05 current US$ | 2020 | up 142.0% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 914.99 current US$ | 2020 | up 337.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 862.92 current US$ | 2020 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Gambia | 854.31 current US$ | 2020 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 128 | Chad | 822.06 current US$ | 2020 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 796.7 current US$ | 2020 | up 248.8% | falling |
| 130 | Nigeria | 789.92 current US$ | 2020 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 131 | Rwanda | 731.76 current US$ | 2020 | up 371.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | 693.94 current US$ | 2020 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 692.16 current US$ | 2020 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 134 | Tanzania | 685.59 current US$ | 2020 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 135 | Pakistan | 652.95 current US$ | 2020 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 136 | Mali | 646.53 current US$ | 2020 | up 103.7% | rising |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 576.52 current US$ | 2020 | up 146.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 548.76 current US$ | 2020 | up 367.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Iran | 523.94 current US$ | 2020 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea | 512 current US$ | 2020 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 141 | Comoros | 476.33 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 142 | Haiti | 427.35 current US$ | 2020 | up 125.2% | rising |
| 143 | Central African Republic | 424.48 current US$ | 2020 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 423.49 current US$ | 2020 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 398.49 current US$ | 2020 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 146 | Malawi | 391.75 current US$ | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 147 | Liberia | 366.58 current US$ | 2020 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Nepal | 363.63 current US$ | 2020 | up 140.1% | rising |
| 149 | Madagascar | 337.18 current US$ | 2020 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 150 | Burundi | 277.16 current US$ | 2020 | up 129.3% | rising |