Cross-border claims / HKG

Hong Kong SAR

The banks located here, whoever owns them, held $2.32T of cross-border claims outstanding in Q4 2025: 5.04% of the world total that quarter, the 6th largest of the reporting systems active in it. Its series in the BIS locational statistics runs from Q4 1983 to Q4 2025.

$2.32T

Claims outstanding

Q4 2025, 6th largest

At its peak

Highest on record

peak $2.32T, Q4 2025

+197%

Change since Q1 2008

from $778.74B

130

Counterparty countries

97.3% 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 HKG 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: 130 of them, $2.25T in total, which is 97.3% of its published all-countries total. The five largest counterparties are 63% of the named book. 47 of the 130 borrowers are themselves reporting systems in this dataset and link through to their own book; the other 83 appear here only as borrowers.

#	Counterparty	Claims	Share of named book	Q1 2008	Change
1	USA United States	$377.85B	16.8%	n/a	n/a
2	CHN China	$351.04B	15.6%	n/a	n/a
3	JPN Japan	$266.54B	11.8%	n/a	n/a
4	GBR United Kingdom	$242.64B	10.8%	n/a	n/a
5	SGP Singapore	$176.05B	7.8%	n/a	n/a
6	AUS Australia	$111.58B	5.0%	n/a	n/a
7	KOR Korea	$85.28B	3.8%	n/a	n/a
8	FRA France	$78.07B	3.5%	n/a	n/a
9	ARE United Arab Emirates	$45.68B	2.0%	n/a	n/a
10	DEU Germany	$45.17B	2.0%	n/a	n/a
11	TWN Chinese Taipei	$41.78B	1.9%	n/a	n/a
12	VGB British Virgin Islands	$37.27B	1.7%	n/a	n/a
13	CHE Switzerland	$35.99B	1.6%	n/a	n/a
14	CAN Canada	$32.39B	1.4%	n/a	n/a
15	QAT Qatar	$30.13B	1.3%	n/a	n/a
16	MAC Macao SAR	$28.71B	1.3%	n/a	n/a
17	ESP Spain	$24.74B	1.1%	n/a	n/a
18	IND India	$23.64B	1.0%	n/a	n/a
19	CYM Cayman Islands	$21.11B	0.9%	n/a	n/a
20	NLD Netherlands	$20.43B	0.9%	n/a	n/a
21	SAU Saudi Arabia	$18.33B	0.8%	n/a	n/a
22	LUX Luxembourg	$18.09B	0.8%	n/a	n/a
23	MYS Malaysia	$17.09B	0.8%	n/a	n/a
24	THA Thailand	$15.69B	0.7%	n/a	n/a
25	IRL Ireland	$12.95B	0.6%	n/a	n/a
26	IDN Indonesia	$10.45B	0.5%	n/a	n/a
27	BRA Brazil	$7.85B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
28	NZL New Zealand	$7.64B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
29	VNM Vietnam	$6.79B	0.3%	n/a	n/a
30	PHL Philippines	$5.38B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
31	LIE Liechtenstein	$5.31B	0.2%	n/a	n/a
32	SWE Sweden	$3.13B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
33	JEY Jersey	$2.97B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
34	CHL Chile	$2.74B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
35	BHS The Bahamas	$2.50B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
36	TUR Türkiye	$2.24B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
37	AUT Austria	$2.03B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
38	EGY Egypt	$2.02B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
39	ZAF South Africa	$1.62B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
40	BEL Belgium	$1.58B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
41	VEN Venezuela	$1.57B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
42	PAN Panama	$1.56B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
43	KHM Cambodia	$1.56B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
44	NOR Norway	$1.53B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
45	KWT Kuwait	$1.49B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
46	BHR Bahrain	$1.47B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
47	BMU Bermuda	$1.31B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
48	MUS Mauritius	$1.22B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
49	MHL Marshall Islands	$1.19B	0.1%	n/a	n/a
50	KAZ Kazakhstan	$1.12B	0.0%	n/a	n/a
51	HUN Hungary	$1.06B	0.0%	n/a	n/a
52	PER Peru	$1.04B	0.0%	n/a	n/a
53	BGD Bangladesh	$915M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
54	WSM Samoa	$902M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
55	ITA Italy	$868M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
56	MEX Mexico	$819M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
57	ARG Argentina	$773M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
58	FIN Finland	$659M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
59	LBR Liberia	$635M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
60	CIV Côte d'Ivoire	$627M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
61	NGA Nigeria	$548M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
62	POL Poland	$539M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
63	SEN Senegal	$506M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
64	AGO Angola	$459M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
65	UZB Uzbekistan	$441M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
66	SYC Seychelles	$431M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
67	COL Colombia	$353M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
68	LAO Laos	$334M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
69	DNK Denmark	$330M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
70	KEN Kenya	$326M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
71	GRC Greece	$293M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
72	MNG Mongolia	$292M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
73	ISR Israel	$254M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
74	OMN Oman	$233M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
75	BRN Brunei	$228M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
76	LKA Sri Lanka	$225M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
77	RUS Russia	$222M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
78	PAK Pakistan	$200M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
79	IMN Isle of Man	$159M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
80	BOL Bolivia	$127M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
81	UGA Uganda	$119M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
82	CZE Czechia	$109M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
83	MMR Myanmar	$107M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
84	BLZ Belize	$103M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
85	CUW Curaçao	$102M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
86	MAR Morocco	$82M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
87	TZA Tanzania	$81M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
88	BRB Barbados	$74M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
89	GGY Guernsey	$73M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
90	MLT Malta	$73M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
91	CRI Costa Rica	$62M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
92	ECU Ecuador	$60M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
93	PRT Portugal	$59M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
94	GHA Ghana	$52M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
95	MDV Maldives	$50M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
96	NPL Nepal	$43M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
97	SLB Solomon Islands	$40M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
98	AIA Anguilla	$39M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
99	SVN Slovenia	$38M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
100	MWI Malawi	$31M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
101	CYP Cyprus	$30M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
102	URY Uruguay	$26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
103	CMR Cameroon	$21M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
104	SVK Slovakia	$19M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
105	TCA Turks and Caicos Islands	$15M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
106	KNA St Kitts and Nevis	$14M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
107	GIN Guinea	$13M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
108	BGR Bulgaria	$12M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
109	SRB Serbia	$11M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
110	MOZ Mozambique	$9M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
111	FJI Fiji	$5M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
112	ISL Iceland	$5M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
113	VUT Vanuatu	$3M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
114	JOR Jordan	$3M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
115	DZA Algeria	$3M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
116	TGO Togo	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
117	ROU Romania	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
118	PNG Papua New Guinea	$2M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
119	HRV Croatia	$0.77M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
120	NIC Nicaragua	$0.64M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
121	GAB Gabon	$0.64M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
122	PRY Paraguay	$0.26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
123	DOM Dominican Republic	$0.26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
124	IRQ Iraq	$0.26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
125	SUR Suriname	$0.26M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
126	ATG Antigua and Barbuda	$0.13M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
127	SXM Sint Maarten	$0.13M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
128	UKR Ukraine	$0.13M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
129	TUN Tunisia	$0.13M	0.0%	n/a	n/a
130	BWA Botswana	$0.13M	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 HKG 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.