Cross-border claims / ESP

Spain

The banks located here, whoever owns them, held $1.24T of cross-border claims outstanding in Q4 2025: 2.70% of the world total that quarter, the 10th largest of the reporting systems active in it. Its series in the BIS locational statistics runs from Q4 1983 to Q4 2025.

$1.24T

Claims outstanding

Q4 2025, 10th largest

At its peak

Highest on record

peak $1.24T, Q4 2025

+86%

Change since Q1 2008

from $668.06B

162

Counterparty countries

99.1% of its book is named

Claims outstanding, Q4 1983–Q4 2025

Total cross-border claims of the banks located here, USD trillions, quarterly. Nominal dollars: movements mix changes in positions with changes in the dollar value of non-dollar books, and this BIS cut carries no adjusted-change series to separate them.

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Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C, amounts outstanding), reporting country ESP vs all counterparties (5J), quarterly, 1983-Q4 to 2025-Q4. License:free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Methodology

Who these banks lend to

Every counterparty country BIS publishes for this system in Q4 2025: 162 of them, $1.23T in total, which is 99.1% of its published all-countries total. The five largest counterparties are 60% of the named book. 47 of the 162 borrowers are themselves reporting systems in this dataset and link through to their own book; the other 115 appear here only as borrowers.

#	Counterparty	Claims	Share of named book	Q1 2008	Change
1	FRA France	$174.45B	14.2%	n/a	n/a
2	USA United States	$148.13B	12.0%	n/a	n/a
3	ITA Italy	$144.90B	11.8%	n/a	n/a
4	GBR United Kingdom	$140.87B	11.5%	n/a	n/a
5	NLD Netherlands	$127.50B	10.4%	n/a	n/a
6	DEU Germany	$107.09B	8.7%	n/a	n/a
7	MEX Mexico	$42.68B	3.5%	n/a	n/a
8	PRT Portugal	$39.80B	3.2%	n/a	n/a
9	IRL Ireland	$38.81B	3.2%	n/a	n/a
10	LUX Luxembourg	$29.76B	2.4%	n/a	n/a
11	POL Poland	$20.99B	1.7%	n/a	n/a
12	BEL Belgium	$17.79B	1.4%	n/a	n/a
13	CYM Cayman Islands	$15.35B	1.2%	n/a	n/a
14	SGP Singapore	$13.22B	1.1%	n/a	n/a
15	CHE Switzerland	$12.98B	1.1%	n/a	n/a
16	COL Colombia	$12.75B	1.0%	n/a	n/a
17	TUR Türkiye	$11.01B	0.9%	n/a	n/a
18	CHL Chile	$10.96B	0.9%	n/a	n/a
19	HKG Hong Kong SAR	$10.04B	0.8%	n/a	n/a
20	BRA Brazil	$9.35B	0.8%	n/a	n/a
21	NOR Norway	$7.95B	0.6%	n/a	n/a
22	QAT Qatar	$6.90B	0.6%	n/a	n/a
23	AUT Austria	$6.87B	0.6%	n/a	n/a
24	CAN Canada	$6.68B	0.5%	n/a	n/a
25	ARE United Arab Emirates	$5.53B	0.4%	n/a	n/a
26	TWN Chinese Taipei	$4.94B	0.4%	n/a	n/a
27	LTU Lithuania	$4.89B	0.4%	n/a	n/a
28	PER Peru	$3.91B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
29	PAN Panama	$3.49B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
30	JPN Japan	$3.46B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
31	AUS Australia	$3.33B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
32	CHN China	$3.12B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
33	ARG Argentina	$2.95B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
34	SAU Saudi Arabia	$2.91B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
35	LBR Liberia	$2.18B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
36	BHS The Bahamas	$2.11B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
37	FIN Finland	$2.04B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
38	SWE Sweden	$2.03B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
39	VGB British Virgin Islands	$1.90B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
40	GRC Greece	$1.56B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
41	URY Uruguay	$1.28B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
42	BMU Bermuda	$1.17B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
43	DNK Denmark	$992M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
44	IDN Indonesia	$902M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
45	VNM Vietnam	$859M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
46	KOR Korea	$853M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
47	DOM Dominican Republic	$820M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
48	ECU Ecuador	$796M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
49	AGO Angola	$768M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
50	AND Andorra	$766M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
51	GTM Guatemala	$670M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
52	IND India	$640M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
53	EGY Egypt	$624M	0.1%	n/a	n/a
54	JEY Jersey	$563M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
55	MAR Morocco	$543M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
56	KWT Kuwait	$534M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
57	ROU Romania	$512M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
58	MLT Malta	$482M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
59	KAZ Kazakhstan	$428M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
60	SRB Serbia	$393M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
61	BHR Bahrain	$380M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
62	OMN Oman	$361M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
63	HUN Hungary	$333M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
64	BGD Bangladesh	$320M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
65	NGA Nigeria	$316M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
66	SEN Senegal	$316M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
67	MYS Malaysia	$279M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
68	CZE Czechia	$276M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
69	VEN Venezuela	$250M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
70	LBY Libya	$248M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
71	PRY Paraguay	$237M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
72	CRI Costa Rica	$236M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
73	RUS Russia	$232M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
74	CUB Cuba	$211M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
75	CYP Cyprus	$210M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
76	PHL Philippines	$200M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
77	HND Honduras	$192M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
78	ZAF South Africa	$175M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
79	SLV El Salvador	$162M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
80	MHL Marshall Islands	$161M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
81	ISR Israel	$158M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
82	SVK Slovakia	$158M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
83	NZL New Zealand	$155M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
84	PAK Pakistan	$146M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
85	HRV Croatia	$137M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
86	NIC Nicaragua	$134M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
87	BEN Benin	$122M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
88	MUS Mauritius	$118M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
89	ARM Armenia	$113M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
90	GAB Gabon	$77M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
91	FLK Falkland Islands	$74M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
92	LCA St Lucia	$67M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
93	ISL Iceland	$62M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
94	ABW Aruba	$56M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
95	KEN Kenya	$55M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
96	TGO Togo	$51M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
97	GIB Gibraltar	$51M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
98	EST Estonia	$47M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
99	MAC Macao SAR	$38M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
100	CIV Côte d'Ivoire	$38M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
101	CUW Curaçao	$37M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
102	BGR Bulgaria	$37M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
103	GEO Georgia	$37M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
104	CMR Cameroon	$31M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
105	GGY Guernsey	$31M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
106	JOR Jordan	$30M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
107	LVA Latvia	$29M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
108	DZA Algeria	$28M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
109	TZA Tanzania	$25M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
110	UKR Ukraine	$24M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
111	LKA Sri Lanka	$24M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
112	GHA Ghana	$23M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
113	MNE Montenegro	$23M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
114	SVN Slovenia	$22M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
115	SYC Seychelles	$21M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
116	UZB Uzbekistan	$21M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
117	IRN Iran	$20M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
118	THA Thailand	$18M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
119	NAM Namibia	$18M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
120	MDG Madagascar	$15M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
121	BLR Belarus	$14M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
122	MOZ Mozambique	$14M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
123	COD Democratic Republic of the Congo	$12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
124	CPV Cabo Verde	$12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
125	TUN Tunisia	$12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
126	LIE Liechtenstein	$10M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
127	JAM Jamaica	$9M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
128	BOL Bolivia	$7M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
129	GNQ Equatorial Guinea	$6M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
130	BLZ Belize	$6M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
131	BFA Burkina Faso	$5M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
132	MRT Mauritania	$5M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
133	IMN Isle of Man	$4M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
134	LBN Lebanon	$4M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
135	GIN Guinea	$4M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
136	UGA Uganda	$3M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
137	MLI Mali	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
138	MDA Moldova	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
139	KGZ Kyrgyz Republic	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
140	IRQ Iraq	$1M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
141	TCD Chad	$1M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
142	TTO Trinidad and Tobago	$1M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
143	ZMB Zambia	$0.96M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
144	MKD North Macedonia	$0.88M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
145	ALB Albania	$0.82M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
146	ETH Ethiopia	$0.81M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
147	MDV Maldives	$0.76M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
148	ATG Antigua and Barbuda	$0.72M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
149	BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina	$0.55M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
150	GMB The Gambia	$0.54M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
151	DJI Djibouti	$0.50M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
152	AZE Azerbaijan	$0.42M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
153	KHM Cambodia	$0.34M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
154	FJI Fiji	$0.32M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
155	STP São Tomé and Príncipe	$0.26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
156	COG Republic of Congo	$0.25M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
157	PYF French Polynesia	$0.18M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
158	GRD Grenada	$0.12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
159	NCL New Caledonia	$0.12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
160	GNB Guinea-Bissau	$0.05M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
161	HTI Haiti	$0.03M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
162	NPL Nepal	$0.00M	0.0%	n/a	n/a

Source: BIS Locational Banking Statistics (WS_LBS_D_PUB), BIS Data Portal (data.bis.org). Selection: cross-border claims (measure C), reporting country ESP vs each individual counterparty country, 2025-Q4, with the same cell at 2008-Q1 where it exists. License:free with “Source: BIS” attribution. Shares are of the sum of this reporter's named counterparty cells, not of its published total, because the two differ. Change is in the nominal USD stock and is not a flow. n/a means the cell does not exist at the earlier date, which is not the same as zero. Methodology

These are residence figures, so this page covers every bank booking here, foreign-owned subsidiaries and branches included, and excludes the foreign books of banks headquartered here but booking abroad. For the other side of the ledger, how much the world’s banks lend to this economy, see its counterparty page. The methodology gives the exact BIS selection behind every figure here.