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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
$ 3,312,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
2 Japan
$ 1,351,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
3 European Union
$ 863,800,000,000
31 December 2011
4 Saudi Arabia
$ 626,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
5 Russia
$ 537,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
6 Taiwan
$ 408,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
7 Brazil
$ 371,100,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
8 Switzerland
$ 331,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
9 Korea, South
$ 326,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
10 Hong Kong
$ 317,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
11 India
$ 287,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
12 Singapore
$ 259,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
13 Germany
$ 238,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
14 Algeria
$ 190,500,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
15 Thailand
$ 181,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
16 Italy
$ 173,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
17 France
$ 171,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
18 Mexico
$ 163,600,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
19 United States
$ 148,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
20 Malaysia
$ 140,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
21 Libya
$ 130,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
22 Indonesia
$ 103,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
23 Poland
$ 99,930,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
24 United Kingdom
$ 94,540,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
25 Turkey
$ 93,380,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
26 Denmark
$ 85,050,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
27 Philippines
$ 83,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
28 Israel
$ 75,240,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
29 Iran
$ 69,860,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
30 Hungary
$ 67,000,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
31 Canada
$ 65,820,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
32 Iraq
$ 61,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
33 Peru
$ 61,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
34 South Africa
$ 54,980,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
35 Netherlands
$ 51,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
36 Lebanon
$ 51,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
37 Sweden
$ 50,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
38 Spain
$ 50,300,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
39 Norway
$ 49,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
40 Australia
$ 47,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
41 Romania
$ 46,790,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
42 United Arab Emirates
$ 43,770,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
43 Chile
$ 42,990,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
44 Nigeria
$ 42,800,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
45 Argentina
$ 41,200,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
46 Czech Republic
$ 35,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
47 Colombia
$ 34,740,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
48 Angola
$ 34,630,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
49 Belgium
$ 29,430,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
50 Kuwait
$ 29,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
51 Kazakhstan
$ 28,290,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
52 Austria
$ 26,500,000,000
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 Ukraine
$ 24,500,000,000
31 December 2012 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 Macau
$ 16,600,000,000
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 Serbia
$ 15,560,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
66 Egypt
$ 15,260,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
67 Croatia
$ 14,890,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
68 Bolivia
$ 13,690,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
69 Pakistan
$ 13,500,000,000
30 November 2012 est.
70 Uruguay
$ 12,230,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
71 Jordan
$ 10,700,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
72 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 10,650,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
73 Bangladesh
$ 10,190,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
74 Finland
$ 9,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
75 Azerbaijan
$ 9,870,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
76 Iceland
$ 9,095,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
77 Lithuania
$ 8,821,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
78 Botswana
$ 8,648,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
79 Tunisia
$ 7,424,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
80 Sri Lanka
$ 7,400,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
81 Latvia
$ 6,925,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
82 Greece
$ 6,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
83 Guatemala
$ 6,311,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
84 Congo, Republic of the
$ 6,033,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
85 Ghana
$ 5,888,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
86 Belarus
$ 5,624,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
87 Costa Rica
$ 5,461,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
88 Kenya
$ 5,396,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
89 Afghanistan
$ 5,268,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
90 Papua New Guinea
$ 5,207,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
91 Paraguay
$ 4,920,000,000
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 Cuba
$ 4,693,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
96 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 4,515,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
97 Dominican Republic
$ 4,317,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
98 Burma
$ 4,107,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 3,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
100 Cameroon
$ 3,851,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
101 Equatorial Guinea
$ 3,825,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
102 Tanzania
$ 3,787,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
103 Cambodia
$ 3,732,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
104 Nepal
$ 3,631,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
105 Panama
$ 3,314,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
106 Honduras
$ 3,150,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
107 Ethiopia
$ 3,024,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
108 Macedonia
$ 2,891,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
109 Georgia
$ 2,873,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
110 Mauritius
$ 2,848,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
111 Uganda
$ 2,705,000,000
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 Moldova
$ 2,515,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
117 Ecuador
$ 2,482,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
118 Gabon
$ 2,430,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
119 Albania
$ 2,350,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
120 Senegal
$ 2,250,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
121 Kyrgyzstan
$ 2,164,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
122 Armenia
$ 2,016,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
123 Nicaragua
$ 1,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
124 Jamaica
$ 1,900,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
125 Namibia
$ 1,840,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
126 Ireland
$ 1,703,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
127 Burkina Faso
$ 1,433,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
128 Haiti
$ 1,307,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
129 Madagascar
$ 1,294,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
130 Cyprus
$ 1,207,000,000
2011 est.
131 Rwanda
$ 1,198,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
132 Slovenia
$ 1,154,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
133 Bahamas, The
$ 1,095,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
134 Lesotho
$ 1,089,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
135 Suriname
$ 1,048,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
136 Luxembourg
$ 1,014,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
137 Fiji
$ 1,007,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
138 Guyana
$ 1,002,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
139 Benin
$ 977,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
140 Tajikistan
$ 972,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
141 Barbados
$ 855,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
142 Laos
$ 821,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 810,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
144 Chad
$ 799,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
145 Swaziland
$ 752,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
146 Togo
$ 678,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
147 Guinea
$ 535,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
148 Malta
$ 498,400,000
31 December 2012 est.
149 Zimbabwe
$ 422,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
150 Montenegro
$ 400,000,000
31 December 2011
151 Cape Verde
$ 393,500,000
31 December 2012 est.
152 Maldives
$ 356,000,000
30 November 2012 est.
153 Burundi
$ 335,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
154 Malawi
$ 315,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
155 Sudan
$ 297,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
156 Seychelles
$ 272,800,000
31 December 2012 est.
157 Belize
$ 238,900,000
31 December 2012 est.
158 Gambia, The
$ 225,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
159 Estonia
$ 217,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
160 Vanuatu
$ 173,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
161 Eritrea
$ 171,200,000
31 December 2012 est.
162 Samoa
$ 166,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
163 Tonga
$ 118,300,000
31 December 2012 est.
164 Dominica
$ 85,000,000
31 December 2012 est.
165 Micronesia, Federated States of
$ 75,060,000
31 December 2011 est.
166 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 44,700,000
31 December 2012 est.
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