In 2019, the United States national debt currently sits at $21.97 trillion — a big, scary number. The U.S. debt to China is $1.11 trillion as of June 2019. That’s 17.26% of the $6.43 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries.
China has the greatest amount of the United States national debt held by a foreign country. Japan comes second at $1.06 trillion. It’s followed by Brazil at $306 billion, the United Kingdom at $300 billion, and Ireland at $269 billion.
The rest of the $21.97 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself: U.S. Government and Federal Reserve ($8.1 trillion), Mutual funds ($2.06 trillion), Pension funds ($0.92 trillion), Banks ($0.77 trillion), State and local governments ($0.69 trillion), and Other investors ($3.18 trillion). The table below shows major foreign holders of US treasury debt as of June 2019.
- China: $1,113 billion
- Japan: $1,064 billion
- Brazil: $306.7 billion
- United Kingdom: $300.8 billion
- Ireland: $269.7 billion
- Switzerland: $226.9 billion
- Luxembourg: $223.7 billion
- Cayman Islands: $217.2 billion
- Hong Kong: $205.9 billion
- Belgium: $179.8 billion
- Saudi Arabia: $176.6 billion
- Taiwan: $171.1 billion
- India: $155.3 billion
- Singapore: $139.3 billion
- France: $124.5 billion
- South Korea: $115.1 billion
- Canada: $102.1 billion
- Norway: $97.1 billion
- Thailand: $82.2 billion
- Germany: $72.8 billion
- Bermuda: $66.4 billion
- United Arab Emirates: $55.7 billion
- Mexico: $47.7 billion
- Sweden: $46.5 billion
- Netherlands: $ 45.0 billion
- Italy: $3.7 billion
- Spain: $41.0 billion
- Kuwait: $40.2 billion
- Australia: $39.1 billion
- Poland: $37.2 billion
- Israel: $36.2 billion
- Iraq: $35.4 billion
Others: $555.5 billion
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