The Great Flow of U.S. Debt

THE GREAT FLOW OF U.S. DEBT What Each American Owes the Rest of the World NETHERLANDS LENDER In June, 2011, the total US public debt - the grand sum of money we, as a nation, have borrowed and must pay back - added up to $14.3 trillion. Roughly 31% of that is held by foreign countries, a $ 23,600,000,000 DEBT $75 AMOUNT YOU OWE fact which is an international cause for concern: if we don't pay up, we're not the only country that will suffer. China, Japan, and the UK are our most TOTAL U.S. DEBT IS 14.3TRILLION oft-discussed debtors, but more than 50 countries are patiently waiting for us to pay them back. Though this is technically 4.5 TRILLION OF THAT DEBT IS OWED TO OTHER NATIONS money that our government owes, the consequences of this obligation trickle down to every one of us. We all have to OF THAT, EACH CITIZEN OWES S14.458 pay the debt, in one way or another. But what if we had to pay up today? And how much would it cost each of us? SMALL DEBTS - SWEDEN $ 20,900,000,000 I NETHERLANDS $ 23,700,000,000 SG7 PHILIPPINES $ 23,600,000.000 -$76 $75 ITALY $ 25,400,000,000 - MEXICO $ 27,700,000,000 18S- S88 - POLAND $ 27,900,000,000 68S- SOUTH KOREA $ 32,500,000,000 BELGIUM $ 31.400,000,000 SI04 TURKEY $ 39,300,000,000 SIOO S126 z IRELAND $ 33,500,000,000 K INDIA $ 41,000,000,000 A SINGAPORE $ 57,400,000,000 •SI3I S184 THAILAND $ 59,800,000,000 M SWITZERLAND S194 $ 108.200,000,000 HONG KONG $346 $ 121,900,000,000 06ES- K CANADA $ 90,700,000,000 MLUXEMBOURG $ 68,000,000,000 GERMANY -$290 $281 $ 61.200,000,000 S196 M FRANCE $ 23,600,000,000 M NORWAY $ 21,100,000,000 $75 - COLOMBIA $ 19,900,000,000 -SG7 S63 A ISRAEL $ 19,100,000,00 MCHILE $ 18,900,000,000 MEGYPT $ 12,900,000,000 S60 M AUSTRALIA $ 12,300,000,000 MALAYSIA $ 12,700,000,000 GES- *S40 BIG DEBTS MUK $ 346,500,000,000 2OIL EXPORTERS $ 229,900,000,000 BRAZIL $ 21140000,000 S677 M TAIWAN $ 153,400,000,000 I6 S- ZCARIBBEAN BANKING CENTERS $ 149,700,000,000 S480 MRUSSIA $ 15200,000,000 S475 OTHER DEBTS UNDER 20 ZBILLION $ 218,700,000,000 GIANT DEBTS A JAPAN $ 912,400,000,000 $2.926 A CHINA $ LI159,800,000,000 $3.719 CREATED BY SOURCES MBAOnline.com HTTP://WWW.TREASURY.GOV/RESOURCE-CENTER/ DATA-CHART-CENTER/TIC/DOCUMENTS/MFH.TXT ALL NUMBERS USED ARE US TREASURY DATA FROM MAY, 2011. HTTP://WWW.CENSUS.GOV/MAIN/WWW/POPCLOCK.HTML