Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre by country
Net foreign assets (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
185
Highest
18.60 billion current LCU per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
-53.71 million current LCU per square kilometre
Burundi
Median
1.74 million current LCU per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,583
What the numbers show
Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 18.60 billion current LCU per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is -53.71 million current LCU per square kilometre in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.74 million current LCU per square kilometre, and the mean is 243.95 million current LCU per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 346.
Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 533,337.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 1,868,570.0%).
Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau, China | 18.60 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Hong Kong, China | 8.92 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Korea | 5.43 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 5.04 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2017 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.52 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2016 | up 534.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1.04 billion current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 622.80 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 449.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Singapore | 568.00 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2020 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Mauritius | 430.49 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Iraq | 411.49 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Cambodia | 346.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 230.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 218.73 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 196.09 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Paraguay | 162.80 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Hungary | 153.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 147.58 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 126.78 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Rwanda | 81.54 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Comoros | 64.97 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Jamaica | 64.31 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 491.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Guinea | 51.82 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Uganda | 51.77 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Somalia | 43.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 393.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Malta | 42.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 25 | Seychelles | 41.22 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Chile | 40.50 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Israel | 39.33 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Albania | 34.60 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.90 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Czechia | 32.10 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Maldives | 31.83 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Serbia | 30.39 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Denmark | 28.54 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 228.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 27.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2010 | up 339.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Togo | 23.98 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Philippines | 21.99 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Benin | 20.10 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Myanmar | 19.53 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2020 | up 189,836.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 19.00 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 40 | India | 17.95 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 203.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Aruba | 17.01 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 16.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 371.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 16.17 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 435.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Thailand | 15.46 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 14.98 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 487.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 14.43 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Madagascar | 14.38 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 343.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Armenia | 14.25 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 536.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.08 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 207.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Djibouti | 12.99 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Switzerland | 12.81 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2016 | up 162.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.69 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Angola | 11.53 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 345.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Nepal | 11.38 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Haiti | 10.54 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 244.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Netherlands | 10.42 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 142.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 9.84 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.40 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 9.09 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8.09 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,159.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 7.01 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 425.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Grenada | 6.67 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 734.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 6.34 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 5.95 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 191.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 5.87 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Germany | 5.75 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 5.61 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,038.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Barbados | 5.26 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.13 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 823.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Cameroon | 4.98 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2019 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Ireland | 4.35 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 347.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Nigeria | 4.16 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2022 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Belgium | 4.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 3.81 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 435.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 3.74 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 3.44 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2019 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 3.37 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Ukraine | 3.33 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,967.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Republic of Moldova | 3.32 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 239.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 3.28 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2021 | up 208.5% | volatile |
| 82 | China | 3.08 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Cyprus | 2.96 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 575.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.80 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2011 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.77 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 86 | Gambia | 2.58 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 545.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Yemen | 2.45 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2013 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Poland | 2.28 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 382.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Mexico | 1.91 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Gabon | 1.87 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2019 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.79 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 224.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Bhutan | 1.74 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahrain | 1.72 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2015 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Argentina | 1.60 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,369.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Kuwait | 1.50 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Slovenia | 1.49 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 718.9% | volatile |
| 99 | United Kingdom | 1.42 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 1.37 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 978.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Kenya | 1.37 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Guatemala | 1.35 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Afghanistan | 1.34 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2020 | up 251.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Palestine, State of | 1.29 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 105 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.28 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2021 | up 313.0% | volatile |
| 106 | South Africa | 1.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 1.18 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,547.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Tonga | 1.16 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Dominica | 1.15 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Austria | 1.14 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | flat |
| 111 | Guyana | 1.07 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Honduras | 1.06 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 113 | France | 959,375 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 114 | Türkiye | 959,204 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,490.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Sweden | 936,750 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 929,627 current LCU per square kilometre | 2017 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Malaysia | 910,172 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | 788,443 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Lesotho | 727,240 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Congo | 676,328 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Niger | 525,854 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Greece | 515,008 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,155.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Lithuania | 485,521 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,102.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Croatia | 439,634 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.0% | rising |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 416,989 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 209.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 400,391 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Suriname | 388,930 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,261.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Eswatini | 384,444 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 307,606 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Slovak Republic | 280,703 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 131 | Mozambique | 276,303 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahamas | 259,319 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8,453.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 250,885 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7,341.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Libya | 229,002 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Estonia | 207,437 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 876.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 195,836 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Peru | 178,472 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji | 166,541 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Finland | 141,989 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 140 | Timor-Leste | 139,151 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Brazil | 131,277 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Panama | 125,833 current LCU per square kilometre | 2020 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Botswana | 125,218 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Latvia | 116,091 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 605.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Spain | 115,024 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Montenegro | 110,642 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 534.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Samoa | 105,654 current LCU per square kilometre | 2009 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Jordan | 101,969 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Eritrea, The State of | 85,695 current LCU per square kilometre | 2014 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Namibia | 81,406 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 189.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Zambia | 75,946 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 384.1% | volatile |
| 152 | El Salvador | 70,196 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Belize | 69,078 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Ghana | 65,446 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Tunisia | 56,832 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Belarus | 56,222 current LCU per square kilometre | 2021 | up 227.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Ecuador | 50,023 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Georgia | 33,114 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 32,192 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 25,927 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 161 | United States | 24,695 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 196.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 24,359 current LCU per square kilometre | 2022 | up 233.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritania | 22,949 current LCU per square kilometre | 2019 | up 6,827.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Oman | 20,806 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16,352 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 11,624 current LCU per square kilometre | 2008 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 4,019 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 533,337.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Canada | 1,255 current LCU per square kilometre | 2008 | up 138.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Liberia | 1,123 current LCU per square kilometre | 2022 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 current LCU per square kilometre | 2013 | up 279.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Mali | -36,119 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 105.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Australia | -67,252 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Portugal | -84,675 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 174 | Chad | -276,198 current LCU per square kilometre | 2021 | down 176.3% | volatile |
| 175 | New Zealand | -346,629 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Italy | -460,784 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Egypt | -879,214 current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 844.3% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | -1.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32,324.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Viet Nam | -1.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Sudan | -2.12 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2022 | down 1,868,570.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Norway | -2.25 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Pakistan | -3.21 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 995.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Malawi | -12.95 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1,168.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Qatar | -17.85 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 290.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Burundi | -53.71 million current LCU per square kilometre | 2023 | down 698.3% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Net foreign assets (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net foreign assets (current LCU) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Net foreign assets International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net foreign assets (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.