Iraq buys $30 billion in US Treasury bonds

 Iraq buys $30 billion in US Treasury bonds

The US Treasury Department announced that the total holdings of global bonds this year reached more than $9 trillion, while Iraq remains outside the top 20 countries with the largest holdings of these bonds for the second year.

The Treasury said in its latest 2025 table that "Iraq did not increase its holdings of US bonds, which remained at around $30 billion, so it did not enter the top twenty largest holders of US bonds."

It added that "global holdings of US bonds amounted to $9 trillion and 13 billion."

It indicated that "Japan is the largest holder of US bonds, with $1.134 trillion, followed by the United Kingdom, which owns $807 billion, followed by China with $757 billion, the Cayman Islands came in fourth with $448 billion, and Belgium with $411 billion."

In the Arab world, "Saudi Arabia and the UAE were among the top twenty countries with the largest holdings of US bonds, with their holdings amounting to $134 billion and $113 billion, respectively."

Iraq owns approximately $32 billion in US bonds, which are considered one of the country's private reserves.  link