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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
$ 3,236,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
2 Japan
$ 1,259,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
3 European Union
$ 812,800,000,000
4 Saudi Arabia
$ 541,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
5 Russia
$ 498,600,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
6 Taiwan
$ 390,600,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
7 Brazil
$ 352,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
8 Switzerland
$ 331,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
9 Korea, South
$ 306,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
10 India
$ 297,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
11 Hong Kong
$ 285,400,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
12 Germany
$ 238,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
13 Singapore
$ 237,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
14 Algeria
$ 183,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
15 Thailand
$ 175,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
16 Italy
$ 173,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
17 France
$ 171,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
18 Mexico
$ 149,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
19 United States
$ 148,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
20 Malaysia
$ 133,600,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
21 Indonesia
$ 110,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
22 Iran
$ 109,700,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
23 Libya
$ 100,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
24 Poland
$ 97,870,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
25 United Kingdom
$ 94,540,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
26 Turkey
$ 88,210,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
27 Denmark
$ 85,050,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
28 Philippines
$ 75,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
29 Israel
$ 74,870,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
30 Canada
$ 65,820,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
31 Iraq
$ 58,960,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
32 United Arab Emirates
$ 53,590,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
33 Netherlands
$ 51,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
34 Sweden
$ 50,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
35 Norway
$ 49,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
36 Peru
$ 48,930,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
37 South Africa
$ 48,870,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
38 Hungary
$ 48,840,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
39 Lebanon
$ 48,140,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
40 Romania
$ 48,060,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
41 Spain
$ 47,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
42 Australia
$ 46,800,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
43 Argentina
$ 46,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
44 Chile
$ 41,940,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
45 Czech Republic
$ 40,290,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
46 Nigeria
$ 35,210,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
47 Ukraine
$ 31,790,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
48 Colombia
$ 31,010,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
49 Belgium
$ 29,430,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
50 Kazakhstan
$ 29,320,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
51 Angola
$ 28,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
52 Venezuela
$ 26,910,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
53 Kuwait
$ 25,930,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
54 Austria
$ 25,170,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
55 Macau
$ 23,730,000,000
56 Portugal
$ 21,340,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
57 Morocco
$ 20,650,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
58 Turkmenistan
$ 19,260,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
59 Pakistan
$ 18,090,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
60 Vietnam
$ 17,670,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
61 Egypt
$ 17,660,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
62 Bulgaria
$ 17,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
63 New Zealand
$ 17,010,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
64 Serbia
$ 16,850,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
65 Qatar
$ 16,820,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
66 Uzbekistan
$ 15,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
67 Syria
$ 14,830,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
68 Croatia
$ 14,480,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
69 Oman
$ 14,370,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
70 Jordan
$ 12,110,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
71 Bolivia
$ 12,020,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
72 Finland
$ 10,350,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
73 Uruguay
$ 10,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
74 Azerbaijan
$ 10,270,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
75 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 10,210,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
76 Bangladesh
$ 9,192,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
77 Botswana
$ 8,674,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
78 Iceland
$ 8,550,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
79 Lithuania
$ 8,210,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
80 Sri Lanka
$ 7,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
81 Tunisia
$ 7,372,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
82 Greece
$ 6,900,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
83 Latvia
$ 6,383,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
84 Belarus
$ 6,209,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
85 Guatemala
$ 6,197,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
86 Congo, Republic of the
$ 5,886,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
87 Kenya
$ 5,298,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
88 Cuba
$ 5,147,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
89 Paraguay
$ 5,096,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
90 Ghana
$ 4,810,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
91 Costa Rica
$ 4,756,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
92 Papua New Guinea
$ 4,445,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
93 Yemen
$ 4,370,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
94 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 4,300,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
95 Bahrain
$ 4,245,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 4,150,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
97 Cambodia
$ 4,069,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
98 Burma
$ 3,931,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
99 Tanzania
$ 3,726,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
100 Cameroon
$ 3,316,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
101 Equatorial Guinea
$ 3,055,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
102 Ecuador
$ 2,958,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
103 Dominican Republic
$ 2,902,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
104 Georgia
$ 2,818,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
105 Honduras
$ 2,785,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
106 Uganda
$ 2,782,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
107 Mauritius
$ 2,743,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
108 Ethiopia
$ 2,665,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
109 Albania
$ 2,665,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
110 Senegal
$ 2,635,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
111 Macedonia
$ 2,581,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
112 El Salvador
$ 2,504,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
113 Mozambique
$ 2,469,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
114 Slovakia
$ 2,462,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
115 Zambia
$ 2,324,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
116 Gabon
$ 2,320,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
117 Panama
$ 2,315,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
118 Jamaica
$ 2,273,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
119 Moldova
$ 1,965,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
120 Armenia
$ 1,959,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
121 Nicaragua
$ 1,892,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
122 Kyrgyzstan
$ 1,835,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
123 Namibia
$ 1,758,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
124 Ireland
$ 1,703,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
125 Haiti
$ 1,341,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
126 Madagascar
$ 1,255,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
127 Cyprus
$ 1,207,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
128 Lesotho
$ 1,100,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
129 Luxembourg
$ 1,000,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
130 Slovenia
$ 991,300,000
31 December 2011 est.
131 Burkina Faso
$ 957,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
132 Rwanda
$ 955,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
133 Chad
$ 887,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
134 Benin
$ 887,200,000
31 December 2011 est.
135 Fiji
$ 833,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
136 Tajikistan
$ 815,200,000
31 December 2011 est.
137 Guyana
$ 807,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
138 Togo
$ 786,200,000
31 December 2011 est.
139 Laos
$ 773,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
140 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 755,700,000
31 December 2010 est.
141 Barbados
$ 745,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
142 Guinea
$ 642,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
143 Swaziland
$ 600,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
144 Malta
$ 515,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
145 Zimbabwe
$ 461,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
146 Estonia
$ 409,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
147 Montenegro
$ 400,000,000
31 December 2011
148 Cape Verde
$ 361,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
149 Burundi
$ 295,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
150 Sudan
$ 295,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
151 Suriname
$ 263,300,000
2006
152 Malawi
$ 263,000,000
31 December 2011 est.
153 Seychelles
$ 255,400,000
31 December 2011 est.
154 Belize
$ 237,100,000
31 December 2011 est.
155 Gambia, The
$ 223,200,000
31 December 2011 est.
156 Eritrea
$ 184,500,000
31 December 2011 est.
157 Samoa
$ 165,600,000
31 December 2011 est.
158 Vanuatu
$ 161,400,000
31 December 2010 est.
159 Tonga
$ 86,800,000
31 December 2011 est.
160 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 51,470,000
31 December 2011 est.
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