Iceland vs United Kingdom: Net foreign assets

Iceland

397.39 billion current LCU

in 2025

United Kingdom

440.94 billion current LCU

in 2024

Iceland rank

82nd

United Kingdom rank

80th

Net foreign assets over time

Iceland
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 440.94 billion current LCU against 397.39 billion current LCU in Iceland, a difference of 43.56 billion current LCU.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iceland ahead.

Globally, Iceland ranks 82nd and United Kingdom ranks 80th of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.