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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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 country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China
$ 3,549,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
2 Japan
$ 1,351,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
3 Saudi Arabia
$ 626,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
4 Russia
$ 561,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
5 Taiwan
$ 391,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
6 Brazil
$ 371,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
7 Switzerland
$ 331,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
8 Korea, South
$ 319,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
9 Hong Kong
$ 299,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
10 India
$ 287,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
11 Singapore
$ 253,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
12 Germany
$ 238,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
13 Algeria
$ 190,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
14 Italy
$ 173,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
15 Thailand
$ 172,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
16 France
$ 171,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
17 United States
$ 148,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
18 Mexico
$ 141,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
19 Malaysia
$ 140,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
20 Libya
$ 130,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
21 Indonesia
$ 104,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
22 Poland
$ 99,930,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
23 United Kingdom
$ 94,540,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
24 Turkey
$ 93,380,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
25 Denmark
$ 85,050,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
26 Philippines
$ 80,580,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
27 Israel
$ 75,240,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
28 Iran
$ 69,860,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
29 Canada
$ 65,820,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
30 Iraq
$ 61,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
31 Peru
$ 61,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
32 South Africa
$ 54,980,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
33 Netherlands
$ 51,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
34 Lebanon
$ 51,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
35 Sweden
$ 50,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
36 Romania
$ 49,930,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
37 Norway
$ 49,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
38 Australia
$ 47,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
39 Spain
$ 47,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
40 Hungary
$ 44,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
41 United Arab Emirates
$ 43,770,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
42 Chile
$ 42,990,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
43 Nigeria
$ 42,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
44 Argentina
$ 41,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
45 Czech Republic
$ 35,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
46 Colombia
$ 34,740,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
47 Angola
$ 34,630,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
48 Macau
$ 34,030,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
49 Kazakhstan
$ 32,820,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
50 Belgium
$ 29,430,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
51 Kuwait
$ 29,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
52 Ukraine
$ 27,150,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
53 Qatar
$ 25,970,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
54 Venezuela
$ 25,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
55 Austria
$ 25,160,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
56 Portugal
$ 21,340,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
57 Vietnam
$ 20,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
58 Turkmenistan
$ 20,680,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
59 New Zealand
$ 18,330,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
60 Bulgaria
$ 17,930,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
61 Morocco
$ 17,750,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
62 Serbia
$ 16,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
63 Uzbekistan
$ 16,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
64 Oman
$ 15,870,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
65 Egypt
$ 15,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
66 Croatia
$ 14,980,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
67 Bolivia
$ 13,620,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
68 Pakistan
$ 13,500,000,000
30 November 2012 est.
69 Uruguay
$ 12,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
70 Jordan
$ 10,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
71 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 10,650,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
72 Bangladesh
$ 10,190,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
73 Finland
$ 9,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
74 Azerbaijan
$ 9,870,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
75 Iceland
$ 9,095,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
76 Lithuania
$ 8,821,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
77 Botswana
$ 8,648,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
78 Tunisia
$ 7,424,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
79 Sri Lanka
$ 7,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
80 Latvia
$ 6,925,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
81 Greece
$ 6,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
82 Guatemala
$ 6,311,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
83 Congo, Republic of the
$ 6,033,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
84 Ghana
$ 5,888,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
85 Belarus
$ 5,624,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
86 Costa Rica
$ 5,461,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
87 Kenya
$ 5,396,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
88 Paraguay
$ 5,326,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
89 Afghanistan
$ 5,268,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
90 Cuba
$ 5,232,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
91 Papua New Guinea
$ 5,207,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
92 Bahrain
$ 4,853,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
93 Syria
$ 4,774,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
94 Yemen
$ 4,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
95 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 4,515,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
96 Dominican Republic
$ 4,317,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
97 Burma
$ 4,107,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 3,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
99 Cameroon
$ 3,851,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
100 Equatorial Guinea
$ 3,825,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
101 Tanzania
$ 3,787,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
102 Cambodia
$ 3,732,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
103 Nepal
$ 3,631,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
104 Georgia
$ 3,586,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
105 Panama
$ 3,314,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
106 Ecuador
$ 3,248,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
107 Honduras
$ 3,150,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
108 Ethiopia
$ 3,024,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
109 Mauritius
$ 2,848,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
110 Uganda
$ 2,705,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
111 Macedonia
$ 2,698,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
112 Slovakia
$ 2,676,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
113 Mozambique
$ 2,626,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
114 El Salvador
$ 2,623,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
115 Zambia
$ 2,616,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
116 Gabon
$ 2,430,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
117 Albania
$ 2,350,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
118 Senegal
$ 2,250,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
119 Moldova
$ 2,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
120 Kyrgyzstan
$ 2,164,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
121 Armenia
$ 2,016,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
122 Jamaica
$ 1,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
123 Nicaragua
$ 1,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
124 Namibia
$ 1,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
125 Ireland
$ 1,703,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
126 Burkina Faso
$ 1,433,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
127 Haiti
$ 1,307,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
128 Madagascar
$ 1,294,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
129 Cyprus
$ 1,207,000,000
2011 est.
130 Rwanda
$ 1,198,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
131 Slovenia
$ 1,154,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
132 Bahamas, The
$ 1,095,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
133 Lesotho
$ 1,089,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
134 Suriname
$ 1,048,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
135 Luxembourg
$ 1,014,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
136 Fiji
$ 1,007,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
137 Guyana
$ 1,002,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
138 Benin
$ 977,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
139 Barbados
$ 855,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
140 Laos
$ 821,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 810,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
142 Chad
$ 799,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
143 Swaziland
$ 752,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
144 Togo
$ 678,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
145 Tajikistan
$ 596,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
146 Guinea
$ 535,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
147 Malta
$ 498,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
148 Zimbabwe
$ 422,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
149 Montenegro
$ 400,000,000
31 December 2011
150 Cape Verde
$ 393,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
151 Burundi
$ 335,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
152 Malawi
$ 315,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
153 Sudan
$ 297,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
154 Seychelles
$ 272,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
155 Belize
$ 238,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
156 Gambia, The
$ 225,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
157 Estonia
$ 217,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
158 Vanuatu
$ 173,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
159 Eritrea
$ 171,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
160 Samoa
$ 166,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
161 Tonga
$ 118,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
162 Dominica
$ 85,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
163 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 75,060,000
31 December 2011 est.
164 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 44,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
165 Kiribati
$ 8,370,000
2010 est.
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