List of creditor nations by net international investment position per capita

This is a list of the top creditor nations of the world sorted by their net international investment positions (NIIPs) per capita. A creditor nation is a sovereign state that has a positive NIIP, i.e. a country that has net external assets, NOT net external liabilities.^[1]

The table uses the latest available data, mostly from websites approved by the International Monetary Fund,^[2] and includes Taiwan and Hong Kong because of their special economic statuses.

The 6 Gulf Cooperation Council countries are widely considered to be creditor nations (and perhaps some of the largest ones), but because of Islamic sensitivities about credit and debt, they seldom report their external assets and liabilities.^[3][4]

Rank	Country	External Assets (in millions)	External Liabilities (in millions)	NIIP (in millions)	NIIP (in USD)	Ref.	Population	Ref.	Per Capita (in USD)	As of
1	Singapore[5]	SGD 4,150,370.8	SGD 3,306,317.3	SGD 844,053.5	596,858,559,145	[6]	3,902,700	[7]	152,935	Dec. 2015
2	Norway[8]	NOK 12,994,059	NOK 6,785,470	NOK 6,208,589	701,964,590,784	[9]	5,213,985		134,631	Dec. 2015
3	Hong Kong[10]	HKD 33,436,403	HKD 25,848,216	HKD 7,588,187	979,048,895,759	[11]	7,324,300	[12]	133,671	Dec. 2015
4	Switzerland[13]	CHF 4,260,301	CHF 3,651,607	CHF 608,694	607,782,326,510	[14]	8,325,200	[15]	73,005	Dec. 2015
5	Taiwan[16]	USD 1,634,712	USD 580,807	USD 1,053,905	1,053,905,000,000		23,492,074	[17]	44,862	Dec. 2015
6	Luxembourg[18]	EUR 9,470,480.534	EUR 9,454,005.815	EUR 16,474.719	17,887,096,660	[19]	576,200	[20]	31,043	Dec. 2015
7	Netherlands[21]	EUR 7,583,186.1	EUR 7,171,831.9	EUR 411,354.2	446,619,595,566	[19]	16,980,049	[22]	26,303	Dec. 2015
8	Belgium[23]	EUR 1,973,000	EUR 1,719,000	EUR 254,000	275,775,420,000	[19]	11,268,000	[24]	24,474	Dec. 2015
9	Japan[25][26]	JPY 948,729,000	JPY 609,466,000	JPY 339,263,000	2,812,543,005,181	[27]	127,043,000	[28][29]	22,139	Dec. 2015
10	Denmark[30]	DKK 5,924,000	DKK 5,090,000	DKK 834,000	121,352,159,894	[31]	5,707,300	[32]	21,263	Dec. 2015
11	Germany[33]	EUR 7,903,800	EUR 6,415,600	EUR 1,488,200	1,615,783,386,000	[19]	81,770,900	[34]	19,760	Dec. 2015
12	Malta[35][36]	EUR 223,234.8	EUR 218,747.7	EUR 4,487.1	4,871,779,083	[19]	429,344		11,347	Dec. 2015
13	Mauritius[37]	MUR 14,003,705	MUR 13,577,066	MUR 426,639	13,474,115,388	[38]	1,261,721	[39]	10,679	Dec. 2014
14	Israel[40]	USD 353,409.127	USD 284,871.365	USD 68,537.762	68,537,762,000		8,464,200	[41]	8,097	Dec. 2015
15	South Korea[42]	USD 1,139,900	USD 941,100	USD 198,800	198,800,000,000		50,617,000	[43]	3,928	Dec. 2015
16	Russia[44][45]	USD 1,145,789	USD 831,921	USD 313,868	313,868,000,000		146,500,000		2,142	Dec. 2015
17	China[46]	USD 6,218,905.405	USD 4,622,452.390	USD 1,596,453.015	1,596,453,015,000		1,367,820,000	[47]	1,167	Dec. 2015

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