{"chart":{"slug":"countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt","title":"Which countries own the most US debt?","takeaway":"In August 2026 Japan held $1.07 trillion of U.S. Treasury securities, the most of any country, followed by United Kingdom ($1.01 trillion) and China, Mainland ($591 billion). Holdings are counted where the securities are kept, so financial centers such as Belgium, Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands rank high partly because they hold them for owners elsewhere. Treasury lists its 20 largest holders.","topic":"Federal budget","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"Country","y_label":"Treasury securities held, US dollars","unit":"dollars","points_count":20,"source":{"name":"U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system-home-page/tic-forms-instructions/securities-b-portfolio-holdings-of-us-and-foreign-securities"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work)","url":"https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright"},"data_as_of":"2026-08-31","updated_at":"2026-10-20T16:47:10.485Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt/embed","credit":"U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt)","credit_html":"U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":null,"zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Japan","value":1068300000000},{"label":"United Kingdom","value":1009500000000},{"label":"China, Mainland","value":590700000000},{"label":"Belgium","value":490500000000},{"label":"Canada","value":464600000000},{"label":"Cayman Islands","value":463000000000},{"label":"Luxembourg","value":448200000000},{"label":"France","value":363400000000},{"label":"Ireland","value":352100000000},{"label":"Taiwan","value":298400000000},{"label":"Switzerland","value":285800000000},{"label":"Singapore","value":277900000000},{"label":"Hong Kong","value":261500000000},{"label":"India","value":219700000000},{"label":"Norway","value":214000000000},{"label":"Brazil","value":168400000000},{"label":"Saudi Arabia","value":141200000000},{"label":"Korea, South","value":134200000000},{"label":"United Arab Emirates","value":116100000000},{"label":"Bermuda","value":111800000000}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Treasury, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/countries-that-own-the-most-us-debt)"}