Net foreign assets (United States)
Adults | Individuals | Average
Age
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Description
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Children
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The population is comprised of individuals below age 20.
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Adults
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The population is comprised of individuals over age 20.
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All Ages
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The population is comprised of individuals of all ages.
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Population
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Description
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Female
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The population looked at is comprised of female individuals only.
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Male
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The population looked at is comprised of male individuals only.
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Individuals
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The base unit is the individual (rather than the household). This is equivalent to assuming no sharing of resources within couples.
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Equal-split adults
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The base unit is the individual (rather than the household) but resources are split equally within couples.
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Tax unit
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The base unit is the tax unit defined by national fiscal administrations to measure personal income taxes.
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Type
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Description
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Average
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The annual income (or wealth) average within a given group percentile.
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Shares
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The income (or wealth) share held by a given group percentile.
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Thresholds
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The minimum income (or wealth) level required to belong to a given group percentile.
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Group percentiles
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Description
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All
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Does not separate the population based on the indicator in question (e.g. income or wealth)
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Top 1%
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Top 1% of the population based on the indicator in question (e.g. income or wealth)
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Top 10%
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Top 10% of the population based on the indicator in question (e.g. income or wealth)
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Bottom 90%
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Bottom 90% of the population based on the indicator in question (e.g. income or wealth)
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Bottom 50%
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Bottom 50% of the population based on the indicator in question (e.g. income or wealth)
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...and so on...
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Net foreign assets are the total value of the assets that a country owns abroad, minus the total value of the domestic assets owned by foreigners. The national economy - in the national accounts sense - includes all domestic sectors, i.e. all entities that are resident of a given country (in the sense of their economic activity), whether they belong to the private sector, the corporate sector, the governement sector.
Chart for All the population (1913-2015)
Year
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All
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Unit
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1913
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-1,359.00
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USD
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1914
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-1,311.30
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USD
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1915
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-839.10
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USD
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1916
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-378.40
|
USD
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1917
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0.00
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USD
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1918
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267.20
|
USD
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1919
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458.70
|
USD
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1920
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583.20
|
USD
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1921
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774.40
|
USD
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1922
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946.40
|
USD
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1923
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1,021.10
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USD
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1924
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1,114.70
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USD
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1925
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1,188.40
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USD
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1926
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1,161.70
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USD
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1927
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1,161.40
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USD
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1928
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1,183.40
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USD
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1929
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1,246.50
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USD
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1930
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1,359.80
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USD
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1931
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1,589.60
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USD
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1932
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2,437.30
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USD
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1933
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2,218.40
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USD
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1934
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1,849.60
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USD
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1935
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1,550.70
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USD
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1936
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1,287.10
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USD
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1937
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939.80
|
USD
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1938
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654.20
|
USD
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1939
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360.30
|
USD
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1940
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64.90
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USD
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1941
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-205.50
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USD
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1942
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-60.40
|
USD
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1943
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62.30
|
USD
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1944
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174.40
|
USD
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1945
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277.00
|
USD
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1946
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337.90
|
USD
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1947
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816.50
|
USD
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1948
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1,166.80
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USD
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1949
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1,272.50
|
USD
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1950
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1,216.50
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USD
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1951
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1,133.00
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USD
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1952
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1,186.10
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USD
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1953
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1,256.30
|
USD
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1954
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1,246.00
|
USD
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1955
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1,202.70
|
USD
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1956
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1,304.60
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USD
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1957
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1,545.50
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USD
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1958
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1,716.80
|
USD
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1959
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1,685.40
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USD
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1960
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1,693.70
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USD
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1961
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1,805.50
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USD
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1962
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1,947.90
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USD
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1963
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2,080.60
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USD
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1964
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2,064.90
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USD
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1965
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2,277.80
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USD
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1966
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2,534.30
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USD
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1967
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2,342.00
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USD
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1968
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2,132.10
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USD
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1969
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2,166.40
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USD
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1970
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2,186.90
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USD
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1971
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1,844.10
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USD
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1972
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1,547.20
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USD
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1973
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1,621.10
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USD
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1974
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1,812.60
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USD
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1975
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2,072.40
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USD
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1976
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2,653.30
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USD
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1977
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2,851.00
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USD
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1978
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2,762.50
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USD
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1979
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3,104.10
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USD
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1980
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3,465.50
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USD
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1981
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3,604.90
|
USD
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1982
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2,885.90
|
USD
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1983
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2,379.30
|
USD
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1984
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1,740.10
|
USD
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1985
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981.00
|
USD
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1986
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382.10
|
USD
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1987
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-335.30
|
USD
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1988
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-920.60
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USD
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1989
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-1,774.80
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USD
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1990
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-2,010.10
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USD
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1991
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-1,975.40
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USD
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1992
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-3,028.50
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USD
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1993
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-3,415.70
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USD
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1994
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-2,785.80
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USD
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1995
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-3,109.70
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USD
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1996
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-3,480.60
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USD
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1997
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-4,214.70
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USD
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1998
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-5,303.40
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USD
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1999
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-4,840.70
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USD
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2000
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-5,651.80
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USD
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2001
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-8,433.80
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USD
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2002
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-9,973.00
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USD
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2003
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-10,139.00
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USD
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2004
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-10,082.10
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USD
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2005
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-9,876.20
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USD
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2006
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-9,714.70
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USD
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2007
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-8,007.40
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USD
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2008
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-11,306.90
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USD
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2009
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-13,805.00
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USD
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2010
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-11,449.50
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USD
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2011
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-14,454.60
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USD
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2012
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-17,352.50
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USD
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2013
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-18,973.70
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USD
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2014
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-23,054.20
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USD
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2015
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-24,976.50
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USD
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Available series for this indicator (Net foreign assets)
We source all the data from the World Inequality Database.
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