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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
$ 2,426,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
2 Japan
$ 1,024,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
3 Russia
$ 439,400,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
4 Saudi Arabia
$ 410,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
5 Taiwan
$ 353,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
6 India
$ 274,700,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
7 Korea, South
$ 270,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
8 Hong Kong
$ 255,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
9 Brazil
$ 238,500,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
10 Singapore
$ 187,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
11 Germany
$ 180,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
12 Algeria
$ 149,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
13 Thailand
$ 138,400,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
14 Switzerland
$ 135,300,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
15 France
$ 133,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
16 Italy
$ 132,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
17 United States
$ 130,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
18 Libya
$ 104,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
19 Mexico
$ 99,860,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
20 Malaysia
$ 96,710,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
21 Iran
$ 81,310,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
22 Poland
$ 79,580,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
23 Denmark
$ 76,650,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
24 Turkey
$ 75,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
25 United Kingdom
$ 66,720,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
26 Indonesia
$ 66,120,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
27 Israel
$ 60,610,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
28 Canada
$ 54,360,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
29 Norway
$ 48,860,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
30 Argentina
$ 48,030,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
31 Sweden
$ 47,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
32 Nigeria
$ 44,760,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
33 Iraq
$ 44,380,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
34 Philippines
$ 44,240,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
35 Hungary
$ 44,180,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
36 Romania
$ 44,110,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
37 Australia
$ 41,740,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
38 Czech Republic
$ 41,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
39 South Africa
$ 39,680,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
40 Netherlands
$ 39,610,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
41 Lebanon
$ 39,160,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
42 United Arab Emirates
$ 36,100,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
43 Venezuela
$ 35,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
44 Egypt
$ 33,930,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
45 Peru
$ 33,230,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
46 Spain
$ 28,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
47 Ukraine
$ 26,510,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
48 Chile
$ 25,290,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
49 Colombia
$ 24,990,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
50 Belgium
$ 23,980,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
51 Morocco
$ 23,580,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
52 Kazakhstan
$ 23,220,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
53 Kuwait
$ 20,380,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
54 Qatar
$ 18,810,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
55 Bulgaria
$ 18,530,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
56 Austria
$ 18,050,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
57 Syria
$ 17,440,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
58 Vietnam
$ 16,800,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
59 Portugal
$ 16,030,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
60 New Zealand
$ 15,590,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
61 Serbia
$ 15,220,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
62 Croatia
$ 14,890,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
63 Pakistan
$ 13,770,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
64 Angola
$ 13,640,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
65 Oman
$ 12,200,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
66 Jordan
$ 12,140,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
67 Finland
$ 11,450,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
68 Tunisia
$ 11,060,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
69 Bangladesh
$ 10,340,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
70 Turkmenistan
$ 9,551,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
71 Trinidad and Tobago
$ 9,246,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
72 Uzbekistan
$ 9,000,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
73 Botswana
$ 8,704,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
74 Bolivia
$ 8,581,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
75 Uruguay
$ 8,038,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
76 Yemen
$ 6,993,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
77 Latvia
$ 6,907,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
78 Lithuania
$ 6,660,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
79 Greece
$ 5,546,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
80 Azerbaijan
$ 5,364,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
81 Sri Lanka
$ 5,358,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
82 Guatemala
$ 4,973,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
83 Belarus
$ 4,831,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
84 Cuba
$ 4,647,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
85 Costa Rica
$ 4,066,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
86 Estonia
$ 3,981,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
87 Iceland
$ 3,883,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
88 Paraguay
$ 3,862,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
89 Kenya
$ 3,850,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
90 Congo, Republic of the
$ 3,806,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
91 Ecuador
$ 3,792,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
92 Cameroon
$ 3,676,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
93 Burma
$ 3,561,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
94 Bahrain
$ 3,540,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
95 Cambodia
$ 3,289,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
96 Cote d'Ivoire
$ 3,267,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
97 Equatorial Guinea
$ 3,252,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina
$ 3,245,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
99 Tanzania
$ 3,206,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
100 Ghana
$ 3,165,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
101 Panama
$ 3,028,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
102 Uganda
$ 2,995,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
103 El Salvador
$ 2,986,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
104 Dominican Republic
$ 2,905,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
105 Papua New Guinea
$ 2,607,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
106 Albania
$ 2,370,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
107 Mauritius
$ 2,304,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
108 Macedonia
$ 2,292,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
109 Ireland
$ 2,154,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
110 Honduras
$ 2,127,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
111 Senegal
$ 2,123,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
112 Georgia
$ 2,110,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
113 Jamaica
$ 2,081,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
114 Namibia
$ 2,051,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
115 Armenia
$ 2,004,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
116 Gabon
$ 1,993,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
117 Zambia
$ 1,892,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
118 Mozambique
$ 1,829,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
119 Ethiopia
$ 1,781,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
120 Kyrgyzstan
$ 1,585,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
121 Nicaragua
$ 1,573,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
122 Moldova
$ 1,480,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
123 Burkina Faso
$ 1,296,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
124 Cyprus
$ 1,289,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
125 Benin
$ 1,230,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
126 Slovakia
$ 1,160,000,000
31 January 2010 est.
127 Madagascar
$ 1,136,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
128 Slovenia
$ 1,080,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
129 Lesotho
$ 988,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
130 Swaziland
$ 959,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
131 Sudan
$ 897,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
$ 890,000,000
September 2009
133 Luxembourg
$ 810,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
134 Haiti
$ 790,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
135 Rwanda
$ 742,700,000
31 December 2009 est.
136 Laos
$ 712,400,000
31 December 2009 est.
137 Togo
$ 703,200,000
31 December 2009 est.
138 Chad
$ 685,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
139 Guyana
$ 631,400,000
31 December 2009 est.
140 Barbados
$ 620,000,000
2007
141 Malta
$ 538,600,000
31 December 2009 est.
142 Zimbabwe
$ 351,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
143 Burundi
$ 323,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
144 Cape Verde
$ 284,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
145 Suriname
$ 263,300,000
2006
146 Tajikistan
$ 227,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
147 Gambia, The
$ 224,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
148 Belize
$ 213,700,000
31 December 2009 est.
149 Seychelles
$ 190,600,000
31 December 2009 est.
150 Malawi
$ 163,400,000
31 December 2009 est.
151 Eritrea
$ 88,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
152 Samoa
$ 70,150,000
FY03/04
153 Guinea
$ 51,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
154 Tonga
$ 40,830,000
FY04/05
155 Vanuatu
$ 40,540,000
2003
156 Sao Tome and Principe
$ 39,000,000
31 December 2009 est.
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