Kuwait's holdings of U.S. Treasury securities jump to a record high of $68.82 billion
Kuwait recorded new record highs in the volume of its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities, raising its investments by 18.55 percent on an annual basis by the end of June 2026, an increase valued at $10.77 billion. The monthly report issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury showed that Kuwait’s total holdings of these securities jumped to $68.82 billion at the end of last June, compared to $58.05 billion in the same month of 2025.
Kuwait’s investment portfolio also achieved a monthly growth of 3.01 percent, an increase of $2.01 billion over levels recorded in May 2026, which stood at $66.81 billion. In terms of performance in the first half of the current year, Kuwait’s holdings rose by $2.77 billion (a growth of 4.19 percent) compared to its level of $66.05 billion at the end of 2025.
According to the report’s details, long-term bonds continued their absolute dominance over Kuwait’s investments in U.S. Treasuries, accounting for the largest share valued at $66.66 billion, while the value of short-term bonds amounted to approximately $2.16 billion.
Regionally, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia maintained its position as the largest investor in U.S. bonds with a substantial holding of $142.5 billion, stabilizing at 17th place globally. It was followed by the United Arab Emirates in second place regionally and 19th globally, with investments valued at $114.8 billion.
Globally, Japan continued to top the list of the largest holders of U.S. Treasury securities with a value of $1.12 trillion, followed by the United Kingdom with holdings of $939.9 billion, and then China in third place with $633.4 billion.
The report noted that total foreign investments in U.S. Treasury securities recorded an annual increase of 2.31 percent, reaching $9.30 trillion by the end of June 2026, compared to $9.09 trillion in June 2025, despite recording a slight monthly decline of 0.75 percent. It is worth noting that the monthly data issued by the U.S. Treasury reflects only countries’ investments in bills and bonds, which are among the most important sovereign debt instruments through which Washington finances its needs, and these figures do not include other government or private investments by those countries within the United States.
