Singapore vs United Kingdom: Net foreign assets

Singapore
407.83 billion current LCU
in 2020
United Kingdom
440.94 billion current LCU
in 2024
Singapore rank
81st
United Kingdom rank
80th

Net foreign assets over time

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  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 440.94 billion current LCU against 407.83 billion current LCU in Singapore, a difference of 33.12 billion current LCU.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Singapore ahead.

Globally, Singapore ranks 81st 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

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.