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Country Comparison :: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
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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Rank
 country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China
$ 2,206,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
2 Russia
$ 439,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
3 Taiwan
$ 352,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
4 India
$ 287,500,000,000
31 October 2009
5 Hong Kong
$ 257,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
6 Korea, South
$ 245,900,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
7 Brazil
$ 238,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
8 Singapore
$ 187,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
9 Algeria
$ 149,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
10 Thailand
$ 138,400,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
11 Malaysia
$ 98,020,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
12 Mexico
$ 90,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
13 Libya
$ 89,740,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
14 Iran
$ 81,310,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
15 Turkey
$ 75,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
16 Denmark
$ 72,660,000,000
31 December 2009
17 Poland
$ 67,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
18 Indonesia
$ 62,590,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
19 Israel
$ 60,600,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
20 Argentina
$ 48,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
21 Iraq
$ 46,760,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
22 Nigeria
$ 46,540,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
23 Australia
$ 44,980,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
24 Philippines
$ 44,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
25 Hungary
$ 44,180,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
26 Saudi Arabia
$ 39,980,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
27 Czech Republic
$ 38,680,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
28 South Africa
$ 37,410,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
29 Lebanon
$ 36,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
30 Egypt
$ 34,990,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
31 United Arab Emirates
$ 33,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
32 Romania
$ 33,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
33 Netherlands
$ 30,700,000,000
31 January 2010 est.
34 Peru
$ 29,750,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
35 Ukraine
$ 26,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
36 Venezuela
$ 26,410,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
37 Chile
$ 25,400,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
38 Colombia
$ 24,840,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
39 Kazakhstan
$ 23,210,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
40 Morocco
$ 21,540,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
41 Kuwait
$ 19,420,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
42 Bulgaria
$ 17,680,000,000
31 December 2009
43 Serbia
$ 17,330,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
44 Austria
$ 17,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
45 Qatar
$ 17,020,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
46 Pakistan
$ 15,680,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
47 Vietnam
$ 15,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
48 Oman
$ 13,580,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
49 Angola
$ 13,030,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
50 New Zealand
$ 12,870,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
51 Croatia
$ 11,560,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
52 Uzbekistan
$ 11,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
53 Turkmenistan
$ 10,510,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
54 Jordan
$ 10,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
55 Tunisia
$ 9,930,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
56 Botswana
$ 9,575,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
57 Bangladesh
$ 9,213,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
58 Finland
$ 8,635,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
59 Bolivia
$ 8,317,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
60 Uruguay
$ 7,907,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
61 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 7,506,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
62 Yemen
$ 6,307,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
63 Lithuania
$ 5,673,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
64 Azerbaijan
$ 5,333,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
65 Belarus
$ 5,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
66 Sri Lanka
$ 5,200,000,000
30 November 2009 est.
67 Syria
$ 5,083,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
68 Latvia
$ 5,030,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
69 Guatemala
$ 4,709,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
70 Equatorial Guinea
$ 4,575,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
71 Congo, Republic of the
$ 4,547,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
72 Costa Rica
$ 4,089,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
73 Slovenia
$ 3,873,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
74 Estonia
$ 3,853,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 3,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
76 Paraguay
$ 3,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
77 Ecuador
$ 3,792,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
78 Burma
$ 3,561,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
79 Cuba
$ 3,547,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
80 Bahrain
$ 3,465,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
81 El Salvador
$ 3,391,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
82 Cambodia
$ 2,951,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
83 Cameroon
$ 2,922,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
84 Tanzania
$ 2,897,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
85 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 2,645,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
86 Kenya
$ 2,601,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
87 Iceland
$ 2,541,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
88 Papua New Guinea
$ 2,385,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
89 Gabon
$ 2,327,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
90 Uganda
$ 2,296,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
91 Macedonia
$ 2,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
92 Dominican Republic
$ 2,288,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
93 Honduras
$ 2,169,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
94 Jamaica
$ 2,110,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
95 Ghana
$ 1,854,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
96 Panama
$ 1,803,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
97 Mozambique
$ 1,781,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
98 Albania
$ 1,747,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
99 Namibia
$ 1,516,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
100 Kyrgyzstan
$ 1,510,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
101 Mauritius
$ 1,428,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
102 Senegal
$ 1,250,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
103 Zambia
$ 1,250,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
104 Nicaragua
$ 1,241,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
105 Ethiopia
$ 1,212,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
106 Moldova
$ 1,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
107 Georgia
$ 1,080,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
108 Benin
$ 1,061,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
109 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 890,000,000
September 2009
110 Armenia
$ 885,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
111 Burkina Faso
$ 826,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
112 Chad
$ 820,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
113 Madagascar
$ 798,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
114 Sudan
$ 769,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
115 Lesotho
$ 738,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
116 Haiti
$ 734,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
117 Barbados
$ 620,000,000
2007
118 Rwanda
$ 619,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
119 Laos
$ 583,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
120 Swaziland
$ 559,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
121 Togo
$ 495,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
122 Malta
$ 348,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
123 Guyana
$ 317,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
124 Suriname
$ 263,300,000
2006
125 Tajikistan
$ 214,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
126 Burundi
$ 212,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
127 Cape Verde
$ 205,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
128 Belize
$ 200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
129 Malawi
$ 194,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
130 Gambia, The
$ 123,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
131 Zimbabwe
$ 111,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
132 Samoa
$ 70,150,000
FY03/04
133 Seychelles
$ 62,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
134 Guinea
$ 53,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
135 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 42,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
136 Tonga
$ 40,830,000
FY04/05
137 Vanuatu
$ 40,540,000
2003
138 Eritrea
$ 22,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
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