disolitude on 25 February 2009
| Foreign owners of US Treasury Securities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2008 | Oct 2008 | Nov 2007 | ||||
| Nation | billions of dollars | percentage | ||||
| Mainland China | 681.9 | 22.10% | 652.9 | 21.57% | 458.9 | 19.65% |
| Japan | 577.1 | 18.70% | 582.0 | 19.23% | 589.6 | 25.25% |
| United Kingdom | 360.0 | 11.67% | 357.2 | 11.80% | 174.1 | 7.46% |
| Caribbean banking centers | 220.8 | 7.16% | 219.3 | 7.25% | 108.0 | 4.63% |
| Oil exporters | 198.0 | 6.42% | 187.6 | 6.20% | 138.7 | 5.94% |
| Brazil | 129.6 | 4.20% | 134.5 | 4.44% | 121.7 | 5.21% |
| Russia | 78.1 | 2.53% | 80.9 | 2.67% | 33.5 | 1.43% |
| Luxembourg | 75.0 | 2.43% | 81.4 | 2.69% | 67.9 | 2.91% |
| Hong Kong | 66.0 | 2.14% | 65.2 | 2.15% | 51.7 | 2.21% |
| Switzerland | 63.0 | 2.04% | 61.2 | 2.02% | 38.1 | 1.63% |
| Norway | 59.1 | 1.92% | 50.5 | 1.67% | 27.6 | 1.18% |
| Taiwan | 43.3 | 1.40% | 39.1 | 1.29% | 37.1 | 1.59% |
| Germany | 43.3 | 1.40% | 42.9 | 1.42% | 38.6 | 1.65% |
| Singapore | 37.4 | 1.21% | 32.6 | 1.08% | 40.2 | 1.72% |
| Ireland | 35.2 | 1.14% | 29.0 | 0.96% | 17.5 | 0.75% |
| Thailand | 35.1 | 1.14% | 34.8 | 1.15% | 27.5 | 1.18% |
| Mexico | 34.6 | 1.12% | 33.1 | 1.09% | 31.9 | 1.37% |
| Turkey | 28.7 | 0.93% | 27.6 | 0.91% | 25.6 | 1.10% |
| Korea | 28.6 | 0.93% | 32.1 | 1.06% | 37.8 | 1.62% |
| Canada | 17.2 | 0.56% | 18.6 | 0.61% | 24.0 | 1.03% |
| India | 16.2 | 0.52% | 12.2 | 0.40% | 14.8 | 0.63% |
| Egypt | 15.1 | 0.49% | 15.0 | 0.50% | 10.6 | 0.45% |
| Italy | 14.7 | 0.48% | 14.0 | 0.46% | 15.5 | 0.66% |
| Chile | 14.6 | 0.47% | 14.9 | 0.49% | 8.5 | 0.36% |
| Netherlands | 12.9 | 0.42% | 13.0 | 0.43% | 14.2 | 0.61% |
| Poland | 12.6 | 0.41% | 11.4 | 0.38% | 11.1 | 0.48% |
| Belgium | 12.2 | 0.40% | 12.8 | 0.42% | 14.2 | 0.61% |
| Sweden | 11.0 | 0.36% | 11.5 | 0.38% | 14.1 | 0.60% |
| All Other | 164.3 | 5.32% | 159.5 | 5.27% | 142.3 | 6.09% |
| Grand Total | 3085.9 | 3026.7 | 2335.0 |
