TABLE 3D: U.S. Treasury Securities Held by Foreign Residents 1/ in December 2020 Millions of dollars Total U.S. Long-term Short-term Treasury U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Securities Securities Securities ---------- ---------- ---------- Europe Austria 4,550 3,615 935 Belgium 253,461 205,293 48,168 Croatia n.a. 1,397 n.a. Cyprus 152 84 68 Denmark 16,901 15,704 1,197 Finland 6,049 5,879 169 France 111,565 97,049 14,516 Germany 75,518 67,241 8,277 Gibraltar n.a. 12 n.a. Greece n.a. 1,558 n.a. Guernsey n.a. 6,103 n.a. Holy See (Vatican City) n.a. 12 n.a. Hungary n.a. 671 n.a. Ireland 318,278 184,353 133,924 Isle of Man n.a. 979 n.a. Italy 39,099 36,803 2,296 Jersey n.a. 2,305 n.a. Kazakhstan 3,714 1,196 2,518 Latvia n.a. 172 n.a. Luxembourg 287,672 190,776 96,896 Malta n.a. 433 n.a. Netherlands 69,672 67,814 1,858 Norway 88,267 88,003 264 Poland n.a. 31,635 n.a. Portugal 5,209 4,777 432 Romania n.a. 4,979 n.a. Russia 6,011 1,210 4,801 Serbia n.a. 1,254 n.a. Spain 35,292 33,201 2,091 Sweden 40,272 39,851 421 Switzerland 255,918 229,474 26,444 Turkey 1,945 1,494 451 Ukraine n.a. 5,302 n.a. United Kingdom 440,621 372,138 68,483 Total Europe 2,181,332 1,736,948 444,384 Memo: Euro Area 1,214,213 902,213 312,000 Memo: European Union 1,331,957 1,001,988 329,969 Canada 119,907 94,852 25,055 Latin America Argentina 3,628 950 2,678 Belize n.a. 18 n.a. Bolivia 125 90 35 Brazil 258,347 255,158 3,189 Chile 27,347 22,769 4,578 Colombia 30,972 30,216 756 Costa Rica 1,529 1,332 197 Ecuador 225 149 76 El Salvador n.a. 149 n.a. Guatemala 7,822 7,759 63 Guyana n.a. 11 n.a. Honduras 3,928 3,927 1 Mexico 49,399 36,571 12,828 Nicaragua n.a. 1 n.a. Panama 4,404 1,499 2,905 Paraguay 4,788 4,776 12 Peru 27,437 26,867 570 Suriname n.a. 15 n.a. Uruguay 12,971 3,432 9,539 Venezuela 129 67 62 Total Latin America 434,077 395,756 38,321 Caribbean Anguilla n.a. 69 n.a. Aruba n.a. 109 n.a. Bahamas 6,709 2,982 3,727 Barbados 2,026 1,167 859 Bermuda 70,984 33,142 37,842 British Virgin Islands 34,621 29,325 5,296 Cayman Islands 222,873 105,021 117,852 Curacao n.a. 287 n.a. Dominican Republic 2,618 2,595 23 Haiti 434 215 219 Jamaica 780 653 127 St. Kitts and Nevis n.a. 237 n.a. Saint Lucia n.a. 169 n.a. Trinidad & Tobago 2,980 1,907 1,073 Turks and Caicos Islands n.a. 96 n.a. Total Caribbean 347,760 178,648 169,112 Asia Afghanistan n.a. 1,467 n.a. Bahrain 916 79 837 Brunei n.a. 2,633 n.a. China, Mainland 1,072,281 1,032,634 39,647 Hong Kong 227,785 197,108 30,677 India 216,177 183,488 32,689 Indonesia 21,286 18,930 2,356 Iraq 17,090 9,929 7,161 Israel 48,725 41,558 7,167 Japan 1,251,313 1,184,556 66,757 Korea, South 130,910 122,069 8,841 Kuwait 46,588 32,809 13,779 Lebanon n.a. 1 n.a. Macau n.a. 761 n.a. Malaysia 12,867 12,787 80 Oman 5,708 5,556 152 Philippines 43,315 40,793 2,522 Qatar n.a. 7,996 n.a. Saudi Arabia 136,382 106,953 29,429 Singapore 168,070 155,100 12,970 Sri Lanka n.a. 1,128 n.a. Syria n.a. 0 n.a. Taiwan 235,421 229,881 5,540 Thailand 80,032 74,477 5,555 United Arab Emirates 32,182 21,438 10,744 Vietnam n.a. 33,153 n.a. Total Asia 3,826,884 3,533,295 293,589 Africa Algeria 681 1 680 Egypt n.a. 2,242 n.a. Kenya n.a. 5,042 n.a. Liberia 68 50 18 Mauritius n.a. 918 n.a. Morocco 3,969 3,965 4 Nigeria n.a. 4,493 n.a. Seychelles n.a. 166 n.a. South Africa 18,918 10,186 8,732 Tanzania n.a. 1,750 n.a. Total Africa 64,338 38,998 25,340 Other Countries Australia 39,004 31,565 7,439 Fiji n.a. 0 n.a. French Polynesia n.a. 0 n.a. Marshall Islands n.a. 6 n.a. New Zealand 7,509 5,328 2,181 Samoa n.a. 0 n.a. Total Other 46,889 37,030 9,859 All Countries 7,021,187 6,015,527 1,005,660 International Orgs. International 35,109 15,644 19,465 Total Regional Orgs. 17,567 15,378 2,189 Total IROs 52,676 31,022 21,654 Country Unknown n.a. 0 n.a. Grand Total 7,073,863 6,046,549 1,027,314 Of which: Foreign official 4,187,267 3,826,298 360,969 Notes: 1/ Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and non-marketable bills, bonds, and notes are reported monthly under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system. Holdings of Treasury bonds and notes are reported on TIC Form SLT,"Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents." Holdings of short-term Treasury securities are reported on TIC form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents." The data in this table are collected primarily from U.S.-based custodians. Since U.S. securities held in overseas custody accounts may not be attributed to the actual owners, the data may not provide a precise accounting of individual country ownership of Treasury securities (see TIC FAQ #7 at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticfaq1.aspx). Definitions: Euro area: As of January 2015, includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain. European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden.