Net open position in foreign exchange to capital (%) by country

Countries reporting
121
Highest
598.3%
Montserrat
Lowest
-186.7%
Chad
Median
2.4%
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
1,795

What the numbers show

Net open position in foreign exchange to capital (%) is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 598.3% in Montserrat; the lowest is -186.7% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.4%, and the mean is 19.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 7,853.7%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 737.6%).

Net open position in foreign exchange to capital: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montserrat 598.3% 2024 up 6.4% rising
2 Lesotho 246.0% 2024 down 43.2% falling
3 Grenada 236.9% 2024 up 40.3% rising
4 Dominica 210.7% 2024 down 24.8% volatile
5 Antigua and Barbuda 191.2% 2024 up 537.6% rising
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 181.0% 2024 up 10.1% rising
7 Saint Lucia 167.5% 2024 up 17.0% flat
8 Nicaragua 136.0% 2024 up 18.9% rising
9 El Salvador 105.6% 2024 down 6.9% falling
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89.0% 2024 up 281.8% volatile
11 Comoros 51.0% 2022 up 214.4% volatile
12 United Arab Emirates 50.4% 2024 up 477.1% volatile
13 Iraq 49.3% 2024 up 314.9% volatile
14 Barbados 38.2% 2022 down 10.8% falling
15 Angola 37.0% 2018 up 72.6% volatile
16 Uruguay 35.3% 2024 down 30.2% falling
17 Trinidad and Tobago 26.2% 2024 up 504.8% volatile
18 Austria 21.9% 2024 up 3,255.2% volatile
19 Slovenia 21.0% 2024 up 2,570.2% volatile
20 Costa Rica 20.8% 2024 up 16.8% rising
21 Bangladesh 18.3% 2024 up 261.9% volatile
22 Brunei Darussalam 18.2% 2022 down 3.3% volatile
23 Mexico 17.8% 2024 up 320.7% volatile
24 Sri Lanka 17.6% 2024 up 1,485.2% volatile
25 Eswatini 17.4% 2024 down 51.7% volatile
26 Chile 14.3% 2020 up 2,146.1% volatile
27 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.4% 2024 up 255.2% volatile
28 Honduras 12.1% 2025 up 16.6% rising
29 Papua New Guinea 10.8% 2023 down 24.4% volatile
30 Cambodia 10.6% 2024 up 159.6% volatile
31 Madagascar 9.9% 2024 up 16.5% volatile
32 Paraguay 9.8% 2025 up 8.5% rising
33 Argentina 9.4% 2024 down 56.6% volatile
34 Russian Federation 9.4% 2023 up 442.6% volatile
35 Samoa 9.4% 2024 down 43.1% volatile
36 Botswana 9.3% 2024 up 116.8% volatile
37 Jordan 7.8% 2024 down 4.0% falling
38 North Macedonia 7.8% 2024 down 53.4% volatile
39 Sweden 6.3% 2024 up 56.2% volatile
40 Malawi 6.1% 2023 up 95.0% rising
41 Denmark 6.0% 2024 up 146.6% volatile
42 Guatemala 5.0% 2025 down 74.2% falling
43 Philippines 5.0% 2024 down 1.3% flat
44 Croatia 4.9% 2022 up 48.3% volatile
45 Fiji 4.7% 2021 down 65.6% volatile
46 Tajikistan 4.7% 2021 up 183.9% volatile
47 Albania 4.5% 2024 down 46.8% rising
48 Ukraine 4.3% 2024 down 88.0% volatile
49 Vanuatu 4.3% 2017 up 142.4% volatile
50 Dominican Republic 4.2% 2025 down 73.2% volatile
51 Solomon Islands 4.1% 2024 down 67.0% falling
52 Indonesia 4.1% 2024 down 47.0% falling
53 Mozambique 4.0% 2024 down 32.4% volatile
54 Malaysia 4.0% 2024 down 72.1% volatile
55 Republic of Korea 4.0% 2023 up 2,740.1% volatile
56 Brazil 3.7% 2024 up 1,956.5% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.6% 2024 down 63.2% volatile
58 Tonga 3.1% 2025 down 25.6% falling
59 Italy 2.9% 2024 up 7,853.7% volatile
60 Belgium 2.5% 2024 down 24.7% falling
61 Georgia 2.4% 2025 up 522.2% volatile
62 Belarus 2.3% 2024 down 74.3% volatile
63 Estonia 2.3% 2024 up 109.2% volatile
64 Seychelles 2.2% 2024 down 74.7% volatile
65 Ireland 2.1% 2024 up 179.1% volatile
66 Armenia 1.9% 2020 up 213.2% volatile
67 Peru 1.9% 2024 down 1.2% volatile
68 Luxembourg 1.6% 2020 up 385.3% volatile
69 Burundi 1.5% 2017 up 819.9% volatile
70 Zambia 1.5% 2024 down 8.0% falling
71 Kazakhstan 1.5% 2024 up 232.4% volatile
72 Mauritius 1.5% 2024 down 30.4% falling
73 Gambia 1.4% 2022 down 68.9% volatile
74 China 1.3% 2024 down 62.7% falling
75 Curaçao 1.2% 2024 down 55.1% falling
76 Colombia 1.2% 2025 down 14.4% volatile
77 Czechia 1.0% 2018 up 4,135.5% volatile
78 Lebanon 0.9% 2019 down 94.3% falling
79 Romania 0.9% 2024 down 54.3% volatile
80 Rwanda 0.8% 2024 up 151.7% volatile
81 Greece 0.8% 2024 down 86.0% volatile
82 Gabon 0.7% 2023 up 40.6% volatile
83 Iceland 0.7% 2024 down 88.2% volatile
84 Morocco 0.6% 2024 down 85.9% volatile
85 Poland 0.6% 2025 down 20.7% volatile
86 Nepal 0.5% 2024 down 90.6% volatile
87 Malta 0.4% 2024 down 62.3% volatile
88 India 0.4% 2024 up 84.4% volatile
89 Kosovo 0.4% 2024 down 80.4% volatile
90 Belize 0.4% 2024 down 99.4% volatile
91 Kenya 0.3% 2024 down 92.1% volatile
92 Montenegro 0.3% 2024 down 52.8% volatile
93 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2% 2025 down 98.7% volatile
94 Cyprus 0.2% 2024 down 71.8% volatile
95 Latvia 0.2% 2024 down 93.5% volatile
96 Lithuania 0.0% 2019 down 97.7% volatile
97 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
97 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
97 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
100 Namibia -0.0% 2024 down 101.6% volatile
101 United Republic of Tanzania -0.1% 2022 up 56.0% volatile
102 Uzbekistan -0.4% 2024 down 102.5% volatile
103 Hungary -0.7% 2019 down 105.1% volatile
104 Slovakia -0.9% 2024 down 199.4% volatile
105 Pakistan -1.0% 2024 down 2.4% volatile
106 Türkiye -1.1% 2024 up 47.4% volatile
107 Israel -1.9% 2024 down 11.5% volatile
108 Mongolia -3.9% 2025 down 182.8% volatile
109 Saudi Arabia -4.6% 2024 down 237.4% volatile
110 Equatorial Guinea -5.9% 2023 down 115.3% volatile
111 Uganda -6.0% 2024 up 1.0% volatile
112 Congo -6.2% 2023 down 103.1% volatile
113 Kyrgyzstan -6.9% 2024 down 182.9% volatile
114 Maldives -8.4% 2024 down 127.1% volatile
115 Republic of Moldova -8.9% 2024 down 118.1% volatile
116 Nigeria -12.3% 2024 down 161.8% volatile
117 Cameroon -12.5% 2023 down 2.2% volatile
118 Anguilla -25.8% 2024 up 93.0% volatile
119 Switzerland -112.8% 2024 down 147.4% volatile
120 Norway -133.8% 2024 down 275.9% volatile
121 Chad -186.7% 2023 down 737.6% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Net open position in foreign exchange to capital (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
125 places, 1,795 data points, 2002–2025
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