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DEFINITION:
This entry gives the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to the central monetary authority for use in meeting a country's balance of payments needs as of the end-date of the period specified. This category includes not only foreign currency and gold, but also a country's holdings of Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund, and its reserve position in the Fund.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $3.34 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 2 | Japan | $1.27 trillion | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | $656.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Russia | $537.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Switzerland | $531.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $428.03 billion | 2012 | |||
| 6 | Taiwan | $408.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Brazil | $373.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 8 | South Korea | $327.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Hong Kong | $317.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $315.28 billion | 2012 | |||
| 10 | India | $297.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Singapore | $259.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Germany | $248.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $235.83 billion | 2012 | |||
| 13 | Algeria | $191.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 14 | France | $184.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Italy | $181.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Thailand | $181.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 17 | Mexico | $167.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 18 | United States | $150.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Malaysia | $139.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | $124.23 billion | 2010 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $122.97 billion | 2012 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $120.95 billion | 2012 | |||
| 20 | Turkey | $119.20 billion | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Libya | $118.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Indonesia | $112.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Poland | $108.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| 24 | United Kingdom | $105.10 billion | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Denmark | $89.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Philippines | $83.83 billion | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | $83.71 billion | 2012 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | $82.58 billion | 2012 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | $79.41 billion | 2012 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | $76.53 billion | 2012 | |||
| 27 | Israel | $75.91 billion | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Iran | $74.06 billion | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Iraq | $70.33 billion | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Canada | $68.55 billion | 2012 | ||
| 31 | Peru | $64.17 billion | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $62.52 billion | 2012 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $56.43 billion | 2012 | |||
| 32 | Netherlands | $54.82 billion | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Lebanon | $52.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Sweden | $52.23 billion | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Norway | $51.86 billion | 2012 | ||
| 36 | South Africa | $50.70 billion | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Spain | $50.59 billion | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | $49.76 billion | 2012 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $49.54 billion | 2012 | |||
| 38 | Australia | $49.15 billion | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | $48.98 billion | 2012 | |||
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | $47.04 billion | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Romania | $46.71 billion | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Nigeria | $46.41 billion | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $46.41 billion | 2012 | |||
| 42 | Czech Republic | $44.88 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $44.70 billion | 2012 | |||
| 43 | Hungary | $44.67 billion | 2012 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | $44.03 billion | 2012 | |||
| 44 | Argentina | $43.25 billion | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Chile | $41.65 billion | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Colombia | $37.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | $34.15 billion | 2012 | |||
| 47 | Angola | $33.41 billion | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Qatar | $33.19 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | $31.89 billion | 2012 | |||
| 49 | Belgium | $30.77 billion | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Venezuela | $29.89 billion | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Kuwait | $29.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Kazakhstan | $28.28 billion | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Austria | $27.21 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $26.91 billion | 2012 | |||
| 54 | Vietnam | $26.11 billion | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Ukraine | $24.55 billion | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Portugal | $22.66 billion | 2012 | ||
| 57 | Turkmenistan | $20.71 billion | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Bulgaria | $20.50 billion | 2012 | ||
| 59 | New Zealand | $17.58 billion | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Morocco | $17.54 billion | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | $17.44 billion | 2011 | |||
| 61 | Macau | $16.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 62 | Uzbekistan | $16.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Serbia and Montenegro | $15.10 billion | 2010 | ||
| 64 | Egypt | $14.93 billion | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Croatia | $14.81 billion | 2012 | ||
| =66 | Oman | $14.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| =66 | Serbia | $14.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Bolivia | $13.93 billion | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Pakistan | $13.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Uruguay | $13.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | $13.53 billion | 2010 | |||
| 71 | Bangladesh | $12.75 billion | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | $12.01 billion | 2010 | |||
| 72 | Azerbaijan | $11.28 billion | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Finland | $11.08 billion | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | $9.90 billion | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | $9.26 billion | 2010 | |||
| 75 | Jordan | $8.83 billion | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Lithuania | $8.53 billion | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Tunisia | $8.36 billion | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Botswana | $7.63 billion | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Latvia | $7.52 billion | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Greece | $7.25 billion | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Sri Lanka | $7.11 billion | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Burma | $6.98 billion | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Costa Rica | $6.86 billion | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Guatemala | $6.69 billion | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Yemen | $6.16 billion | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Afghanistan | $5.98 billion | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Belarus | $5.81 billion | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Kenya | $5.71 billion | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Ghana | $5.71 billion | 2012 | ||
| 90 | Congo, Republic of the | $5.57 billion | 2012 | ||
| 91 | Bahrain | $5.21 billion | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Paraguay | $4.99 billion | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Cambodia | $4.94 billion | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Syria | $4.79 billion | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Cuba | $4.69 billion | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Equatorial Guinea | $4.40 billion | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Nepal | $4.34 billion | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4.28 billion | 2012 | ||
| 99 | Iceland | $4.19 billion | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Tanzania | $4.05 billion | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | $4.00 billion | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3.93 billion | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | $3.59 billion | 2010 | |||
| 103 | Dominican Republic | $3.58 billion | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Cameroon | $3.43 billion | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Ethiopia | $3.27 billion | 2012 | ||
| 106 | El Salvador | $3.18 billion | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Uganda | $3.17 billion | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Mauritius | $3.05 billion | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Zambia | $3.04 billion | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Republic of Macedonia | $2.89 billion | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Georgia | $2.87 billion | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Mozambique | $2.77 billion | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Albania | $2.60 billion | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Honduras | $2.53 billion | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Slovakia | $2.52 billion | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Moldova | $2.52 billion | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Ecuador | $2.48 billion | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Panama | $2.47 billion | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Gabon | $2.37 billion | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Mongolia | $2.29 billion | 2010 | ||
| 121 | Senegal | $2.08 billion | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | $2.07 billion | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Jamaica | $1.98 billion | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Nicaragua | $1.89 billion | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Armenia | $1.80 billion | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Namibia | $1.74 billion | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Ireland | $1.71 billion | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $1.63 billion | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Brunei | $1.56 billion | 2010 | ||
| 130 | Mali | $1.29 billion | 2010 | ||
| 131 | Haiti | $1.29 billion | 2012 | ||
| =132 | Cyprus | $1.19 billion | 2012 | ||
| =132 | Madagascar | $1.19 billion | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Chad | $1.17 billion | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Burkina Faso | $1.02 billion | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Suriname | $1.01 billion | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Bhutan | $1.00 billion | 2010 | ||
| 138 | Luxembourg | $991.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Slovenia | $951.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Fiji | $921.40 million | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Guyana | $864.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Rwanda | $847.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 143 | The Bahamas | $846.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Barbados | $839.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Laos | $796.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Niger | $760.30 million | 2010 | ||
| 147 | Lesotho | $749.40 million | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Swaziland | $741.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Aruba | $725.10 million | 2010 | ||
| 150 | Benin | $712.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Malta | $704.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Tajikistan | $628.50 million | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Zimbabwe | $575.60 million | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Togo | $441.60 million | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Sierra Leone | $409.00 million | 2010 | ||
| 156 | East Timor | $406.20 million | 2010 | ||
| 157 | Montenegro | $400.00 million | 2011 | ||
| 158 | Liberia | $399.80 million | 2010 | ||
| 159 | Cape Verde | $376.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Maldives | $356.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Seychelles | $318.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Burundi | $308.80 million | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Estonia | $300.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Belize | $288.90 million | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Mauritania | $280.00 million | 2010 | ||
| 166 | Solomon Islands | $265.80 million | 2010 | ||
| 167 | Malawi | $246.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 168 | The Gambia | $236.20 million | 2012 | ||
| 169 | Djibouti | $230.60 million | 2010 | ||
| 170 | Saint Lucia | $206.30 million | 2010 | ||
| 171 | Sudan | $192.60 million | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Vanuatu | $187.30 million | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Central African Republic | $186.00 million | 2010 | ||
| 174 | Eritrea | $174.40 million | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Guinea | $174.30 million | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $168.90 million | 2010 | ||
| 177 | Samoa | $168.70 million | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | $168.60 million | 2009 | ||
| 179 | Tonga | $152.40 million | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Comoros | $146.10 million | 2010 | ||
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $111.00 million | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Dominica | $94.56 million | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Federated States of Micronesia | $75.06 million | 2011 | ||
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | $51.59 million | 2012 | ||
| 185 | Montserrat | $32.08 million | 2012 | ||
| 186 | Kiribati | $8.37 million | 2010 |
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Interesting observations about Economy > Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
- Saudi Arabia ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Hot countries in 2012.
- China ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold globally in 2012.
- Russia ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Europe in 2012.
- Switzerland ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Christian countries in 2012.
- India ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Former British colonies in 2012.
- Germany ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst European Union in 2012.
- Japan ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2012.
- Brazil ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Catholic countries in 2012.
- South Africa ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
- Mexico ranked first for reserves of foreign exchange and gold amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2012.