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Field Listing :: 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.

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold


Albania	$2.665 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.541 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Algeria	$183.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $162.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Angola	$28.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $19.75 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Argentina	$46.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $52.23 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Armenia	$1.959 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.866 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Australia	$46.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $42.27 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Austria	$25.17 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $22.28 billion


Azerbaijan	$10.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $6.409 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bahrain	$4.245 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.789 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bangladesh	$9.192 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $11.18 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Barbados	$745.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $833.5 million


Belarus	$6.209 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.431 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Belgium	$29.43 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $26.81 billion


Belize	$237.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $218 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Benin	$887.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $1.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bolivia	$12.02 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.73 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	$4.15 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.366 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Botswana	$8.674 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.885 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Brazil	$352 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $288.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bulgaria	$17.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $17.23 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	$957 million (31 December 2011 est.) $1.068 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burma	$3.931 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.763 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burundi	$295.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $332.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Cambodia	$4.069 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.802 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cameroon	$3.316 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.665 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Canada	$65.82 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $57.15 billion


Cape Verde	$361 million (31 December 2011 est.) $382 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Chad	$887.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $638.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Chile	$41.94 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $27.83 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


China	$3.236 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.895 trillion (31 December 2010 est.)


Colombia	$31.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $28.08 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	$755.7 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	$5.886 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.465 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Costa Rica	$4.756 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.627 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	$4.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.624 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Croatia	$14.48 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $14.13 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cuba	$5.147 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.847 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cyprus	$1.207 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.144 billion


Czech Republic	$40.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $42.49 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Denmark	$85.05 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $76.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	$2.902 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.502 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ecuador	$2.958 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.622 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Egypt	$17.66 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $35.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


El Salvador	$2.504 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.883 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	$3.055 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.346 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Eritrea	$184.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $114.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Estonia	$409 million (31 December 2011 est.) $2.568 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ethiopia	$2.665 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.766 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


European Union	$812.1 billion note: $812.8 billion; this includes reserves held by the European Central Bank and euro-zone national central banks; it excludes reserves for non-euro-area members of the EU


Fiji	$833.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $720.6 million


Finland	$10.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.555 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


France	$171.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $166.2 billion


Gabon	$2.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.746 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Gambia, The	$223.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $201.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Georgia	$2.818 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.264 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Germany	$238.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $216.5 billion


Ghana	$4.81 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.725 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Greece	$6.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $6.37 billion


Guatemala	$6.197 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.95 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Guinea	$642.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $179.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Guyana	$807.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $782.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Haiti	$1.341 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.336 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Honduras	$2.785 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.702 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Hong Kong	$285.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $268.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Hungary	$48.84 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.99 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iceland	$8.55 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


India	$297.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $297.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Indonesia	$110.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $96.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iran	$109.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $78.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iraq	$58.96 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $48.61 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ireland	$1.703 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.115 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Israel	$74.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $70.91 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Italy	$173.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $158.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Jamaica	$2.273 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.501 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Japan	$1.259 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.063 trillion (31 December 2010 est.)


Jordan	$12.11 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $13.65 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	$29.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $28.27 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kenya	$5.298 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.321 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Korea, South	$306.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $291.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kosovo	$NA


Kuwait	$25.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $21.35 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	$1.835 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.72 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Laos	$773.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $713.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Latvia	$6.383 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.606 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lebanon	$48.14 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lesotho	$1.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.012 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Libya	$100.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $99.84 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lithuania	$8.21 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $6.599 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Luxembourg	$1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $849 million


Macau	$23.73 billion (2010)


Macedonia	$2.581 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.278 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Madagascar	$1.255 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.172 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Malawi	$263 million (31 December 2011 est.) $323 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Malaysia	$133.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $106.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Malta	$515.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $540.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Mauritius	$2.743 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.601 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mexico	$149.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $120.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Moldova	$1.965 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.718 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Montenegro	$400 million (31 December 2011)


Morocco	$20.65 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $23.61 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mozambique	$2.469 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.159 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Namibia	$1.758 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.495 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Nepal	$2.925 billion


Netherlands	$51.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $46.24 billion


New Zealand	$17.01 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $16.72 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Nicaragua	$1.892 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.799 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Nigeria	$35.21 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $34.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Norway	$49.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $52.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Oman	$14.37 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $13.03 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Pakistan	$18.09 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $17.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Panama	$2.315 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.715 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	$4.445 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.092 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Paraguay	$5.096 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.167 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Peru	$48.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Philippines	$75.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $62.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Poland	$97.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $93.51 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Portugal	$21.34 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Qatar	$16.82 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $31.19 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Romania	$48.06 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $48.08 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Russia	$498.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $479.4 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Rwanda	$955 million (31 December 2011 est.) $812.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Samoa	$165.6 million (31 December 2011 est.) $209.5 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	$51.47 million (31 December 2011 est.) $49.43 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	$541.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $445.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Senegal	$2.635 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.048 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Serbia	$16.85 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $15.19 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Seychelles	$255.4 million (31 December 2011 est.) $235.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Singapore	$237.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $225.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Slovakia	$2.462 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.161 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Slovenia	$991.3 million (31 December 2011 est.) $1.071 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


South Africa	$48.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $43.83 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Spain	$47.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $31.91 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	$7.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.197 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Sudan	$295 million (31 December 2011 est.) $842.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Suriname	$263.3 million (2006)


Swaziland	$600.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $756.3 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Sweden	$50.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $48.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Switzerland	$331.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $270.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Syria	$14.83 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $19.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Taiwan	$390.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $387.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Tajikistan	$815.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $598.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Tanzania	$3.726 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.905 billion (31 December 2010 est.) note: excludes gold


Thailand	$175.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $172.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Togo	$786.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $714.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Tonga	$86.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $104.5 million


Trinidad and Tobago	$10.21 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.692 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Tunisia	$7.372 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.462 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Turkey	$88.21 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $85.97 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	$19.26 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $17.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Uganda	$2.782 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.838 billion (31 December 2010 est.) note: excludes gold


Ukraine	$31.79 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $34.58 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	$53.59 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $42.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


United Kingdom	$94.54 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $82.41 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


United States	$148 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $132.4 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Uruguay	$10.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.656 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	$15 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $12.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Vanuatu	$161.4 million (31 December 2010 est.) $161.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Venezuela	$26.91 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $28.86 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Vietnam	$17.67 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $12.93 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Yemen	$4.37 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.942 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Zambia	$2.324 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.094 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	$461 million (31 December 2011 est.) $376 million (31 December 2010 est.)

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