The table uses the latest available data, mostly from websites approved by the International Monetary Fund,[2] and includes Macau and Hong Kong because of their special economic statuses. Population figures may list citizens only or total population, therefore ranking and figures may vary.
The 6 Gulf Cooperation Council countries are widely considered to be creditor nations (and perhaps some of the largest ones), but because of Islamic sensitivities about credit and debt, they seldom report their external assets and liabilities.[3][4]
The table uses data from respective national government statistical agencies, Eurostat, or IMF. Though many do, a large portion of nations do not report data to the IMF. Disclaimer: Note that parallel reports from government or international agencies may report vastly different data.
^"Statistics Singapore - Latest Data" for Singapore Residents, i.e. citizens and permanent residents In Singapore's case, the non-resident population is about 30% of the total population (which is highly significant, compared to the much lower proportion of non-residents living in the other countries in this list); so the non-resident population (the vast majority of whom are temporary foreign workers), which has no share in Singapore's net external assets, should be excluded.