Net International Investment Position (NIIP) measures the gap between a country’s holdings of foreign assets and the foreigner’s holdings of that country’s assets.
It can be seen as the balance of the country in relation to the rest of the world at a certain point in time.
NIIP is an important barometer of the country’s financial condition and creditworthiness.
A country with a positive NIIP is a creditor country, and a country with a negative NIIP is a debtor country.