U.S. Equities Held in South Korea · USD bn

## What this measures

The market value of U.S. corporate stocks and other equity held by residents of South Korea, as reported to Treasury's TIC system, in billions of dollars at the end of each month. September 2011 to August 2026.

## Why it matters

South Korea ranks number 11 among foreign holders of U.S. equities in this record's latest month. Its holdings show how much of the U.S. market's foreign ownership runs through it.

## How to read it

August 2026: $817 billion, 3.2% of all foreign holdings (tic.us_equity_holdings.share.kor).

## What it does not say

TIC attributes holdings to the country where the custodian or the reporting investor sits, not to the ultimate owner, so financial centres (the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Switzerland) stand in for investors elsewhere. Market value, so it moves with U.S. share prices as much as with buying and selling. Includes fund shares and other equity, not only listed stocks. Before 2020 the series is the older Table 1D; Treasury revised the overlapping months, so a small step at January 2020 is possible.

## Source

U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board, Treasury International Capital (TIC) System: monthly "U.S. Long-Term Securities Held by Foreign Residents" (https://ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/slt_table1.txt, column for_lt_eqty_pos) and, before 2020, the former Table 1D history (https://ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/slt1d_globl.csv). U.S. government work, public domain. Read weekly by /api/cron/tic-holders-sync.