Foreign liabilities per capita (real chained 2019 US$) by country
Countries reporting
149
Highest
21.36 million real chained 2019 US$
Luxembourg
Lowest
258.26 real chained 2019 US$
Burundi
Median
6,684 real chained 2019 US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
3,820
What the numbers show
Foreign liabilities per capita (real chained 2019 US$) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 21.36 million real chained 2019 US$ in Luxembourg; the lowest is 258.26 real chained 2019 US$ in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,684 real chained 2019 US$, and the mean is 199,669 real chained 2019 US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 82,702.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 296.4%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 90.2%).
Foreign liabilities per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 21.36 million real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Ireland | 1.84 million real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 661,258 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 597,275 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 593,339 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands | 581,918 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Mauritius | 361,633 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 263,885 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 9 | Denmark | 215,089 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 203,247 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 11 | Sweden | 183,589 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 12 | Finland | 182,947 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 180,220 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 14 | France | 158,900 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 139,293 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 121,818 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 121,153 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 121,147 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 117,128 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 20 | Canada | 109,918 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 84,736 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 22 | Bahrain | 78,565 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 72,860 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 24 | New Zealand | 69,561 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 68,015 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 64,399 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 64,210 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 63,486 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 63,253 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 60,362 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 31 | Estonia | 46,900 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Israel | 45,054 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 33 | Slovenia | 40,791 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 34 | Slovakia | 35,501 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Czechia | 35,478 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 34,185 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 37 | Latvia | 32,756 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 38 | South Korea | 28,655 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 39 | Oman | 26,470 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Lithuania | 26,364 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Montenegro | 23,871 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 42 | Uruguay | 22,705 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 22,158 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 44 | Kuwait | 20,152 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 45 | Maldives | 20,148 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Croatia | 19,719 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,772 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 16,108 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 15,991 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Lebanon | 15,559 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 14,761 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Costa Rica | 14,271 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 13,841 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 13,652 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Mongolia | 13,251 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 56 | Serbia | 12,490 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 57 | Guyana | 12,195 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 231.5% | flat |
| 58 | Jamaica | 12,120 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 12,000 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 11,647 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 61 | Belize | 10,212 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 9,818 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 63 | Gabon | 9,610 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 9,269 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 8,546 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Thailand | 8,036 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 7,581 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 7,330 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 7,235 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 70 | Russia | 7,008 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 6,995 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Jordan | 6,934 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 73 | Turkey | 6,852 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 74 | Brazil | 6,701 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 75 | Peru | 6,684 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,577 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Albania | 6,561 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Tunisia | 6,506 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 6,482 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Armenia | 5,717 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Belarus | 5,417 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 4,778 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 95.9% | volatile |
| 83 | El Salvador | 4,594 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 84 | China | 4,552 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Namibia | 4,459 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 4,309 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Congo | 4,276 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 88 | Moldova | 4,011 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 89 | Paraguay | 3,960 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 90 | Morocco | 3,783 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 91 | Ukraine | 3,780 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 63.2% | rising |
| 92 | Laos | 3,738 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Cambodia | 3,259 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 266.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Vietnam | 3,245 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 95 | Botswana | 3,126 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 3,108 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 97 | Honduras | 2,809 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 98 | Iraq | 2,721 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 2,659 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 2,517 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 101 | Egypt | 2,485 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 102 | Indonesia | 2,470 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 103 | Guatemala | 2,334 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 104 | Mozambique | 2,278 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 94.1% | falling |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 2,221 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 106 | Philippines | 2,208 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 107 | Bolivia | 2,014 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 108 | Senegal | 1,841 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,835 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 110 | Angola | 1,824 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Eswatini | 1,707 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,606 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 113 | Zambia | 1,504 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 1,300 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 115 | Kenya | 1,272 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 76.1% | falling |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 1,170 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 117 | India | 1,095 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 118 | Togo | 1,060 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 119 | Ghana | 1,019 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Lesotho | 948.31 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 121 | Cameroon | 905.26 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 129.0% | falling |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 898.07 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 296.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Benin | 891.11 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 112.2% | rising |
| 124 | Sudan | 882.52 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 826.21 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Gambia | 806.48 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 127 | Chad | 796.23 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 746.67 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Nigeria | 695.41 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 678.93 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 98.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Uganda | 666.86 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 132 | Rwanda | 666.14 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 184.3% | falling |
| 133 | Tanzania | 663.75 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 134 | Mali | 643.71 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 135 | Pakistan | 595 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 545.48 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 501.68 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 138 | Comoros | 468.09 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 139 | Guinea | 462.92 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Iran | 442.91 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Central African Republic | 414.92 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 373.29 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Malawi | 360.64 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Haiti | 348.02 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 145 | Nepal | 346.14 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 146 | Liberia | 333.66 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Madagascar | 323.58 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 300.56 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Burundi | 258.26 real chained 2019 US$ | 2020 | up 17.3% | volatile |