WASHINGTON - Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2024 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/tic-forms-instructions/us-claims-on-foreigners-from-holdings-of-foreign-securities). The final survey report, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the data, will be released on October 31, 2025.
The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of
Overall Preliminary Results
The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2024 at approximately $15.8 trillion, with $12.1 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.3 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2023, measured the value of U.S. holdings at $15.3 trillion, with $11.5 trillion held in foreign equities, $3.4 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities.
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Table 1. U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities, by type of security, as of survey dates
(Billions of dollars)
Type of Security | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
Long-term securities | 14,921 | 15,442 |
Equities | 11,492 | 12,098 |
Long-term debt | 3,429 | 3,343 |
Short-term debt securities | 422 | 393 |
Total | 15,343 | 15,834 |
Table 2. Market value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities, by country and type of security, for the countries attracting the most U.S. investment, as of December 31, 2024
(Billions of dollars)
Total | Equity | Long-Term Debt | Short-Term Debt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cayman Islands | 2,760 | 2,145 | 604 | 11 | |||||
2 | United Kingdom | 1,628 | 1,197 | 394 | 38 | |||||
3 | Canada | 1,473 | 916 | 444 | 113 | |||||
4 | Japan | 1,198 | 1,004 | 176 | 19 | |||||
5 | Ireland | 1,057 | 952 | 80 | 26 | |||||
6 | France | 755 | 538 | 180 | 37 | |||||
7 | Netherlands | 621 | 484 | 132 | 5 | |||||
8 | Switzerland | 603 | 557 | 44 | 2 | |||||
9 | Germany | 537 | 446 | 78 | 12 | |||||
10 | Taiwan | 461 | 461 | * | 0 | |||||
11 | Australia | 423 | 245 | 134 | 44 | |||||
12 | India | 383 | 373 | 10 | * | |||||
13 | Luxembourg | 294 | 228 | 62 | 4 | |||||
14 | Bermuda | 281 | 227 | 54 | * | |||||
15 | China, mainland (1) | 240 | 225 | 15 | * | |||||
16 | Denmark | 226 | 212 | 12 | 1 | |||||
17 | Korea, South | 195 | 172 | 22 | 1 | |||||
18 | Jersey | 189 | 123 | 64 | 1 | |||||
19 | Spain | 183 | 130 | 52 | 1 | |||||
20 | Sweden | 180 | 138 | 21 | 21 | |||||
21 | Italy | 171 | 121 | 50 | 0 | |||||
22 | Singapore | 167 | 120 | 32 | 16 | |||||
23 | Mexico | 142 | 63 | 80 | * | |||||
24 | International organizations | 138 | 1 | 122 | 15 | |||||
25 | Brazil | 134 | 106 | 28 | 1 | |||||
26 | Israel | 111 | 96 | 15 | * | |||||
27 | Hong Kong | 92 | 86 | 5 | 1 | |||||
28 | Norway | 67 | 30 | 24 | 13 | |||||
29 | Guernsey | 61 | 60 | 1 | * | |||||
30 | South Africa | 61 | 46 | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Rest of world | 1,004 | 596 | 396 | 12 | ||||||
| Total | 15,834 | 12,098 | 3,343 | 393 |
* Between zero and $500 million. (1) China excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.