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  Country Comparisons - Reserves of foreign exchange and gold


Rank
Country
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Date of Information
1
 China $ 2,033,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
2
 Japan $ 954,100,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
3
 Russia $ 435,400,000,000 12 December 2008
4
 Taiwan $ 296,400,000,000 31 December 2008
5
 India $ 250,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
6
 France $ 204,400,000,000 2008
7
 Korea, South $ 201,200,000,000 31 December 2008
8
 Brazil $ 197,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
9
 Singapore $ 168,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
10
 Hong Kong $ 165,900,000,000 31 December 2008
11
 Algeria $ 150,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
12
 Germany $ 136,200,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
13
 Thailand $ 106,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
14
 Malaysia $ 104,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
15
 Italy $ 104,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
16
 Libya $ 99,450,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
17
 Iran $ 96,560,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
18
 Mexico $ 91,990,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
19
 Poland $ 84,480,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
20
 Turkey $ 82,820,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
21
 Switzerland $ 75,370,000,000 2008 est.
22
 Nigeria $ 72,040,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
23
 United States $ 70,570,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
24
 United Arab Emirates $ 67,240,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
25
 Norway $ 60,840,000,000 2006 est.
26
 United Kingdom $ 57,300,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
27
 Indonesia $ 51,540,000,000 31 December 2008
28
 Iraq $ 46,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
29
 Argentina $ 45,900,000,000 15 December 2008
30
 Romania $ 44,470,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
31
 Canada $ 41,080,000,000 2007 est.
32
 Israel $ 38,660,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
33
 Czech Republic $ 37,000,000,000 31 December 2008
34
 Egypt $ 36,910,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
35
 Venezuela $ 36,360,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
36
 Philippines $ 36,150,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
37
 Denmark $ 34,320,000,000 2006 est.
38
 South Africa $ 33,590,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
39
 Ukraine $ 31,920,000,000 1 November 2008
40
 Peru $ 31,790,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
41
 Sweden $ 31,040,000,000 2006 est.
42
 Hungary $ 30,950,000,000 31 December 2008
43
 Saudi Arabia $ 28,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
44
 Morocco $ 27,290,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
45
 Australia $ 25,750,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
46
 Lebanon $ 25,100,000,000 31 December 2008
47
 Angola $ 24,640,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
48
 Netherlands $ 24,280,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
49
 Colombia $ 23,660,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
50
 Vietnam $ 22,780,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
51
 Kazakhstan $ 22,360,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
52
 Chile $ 21,990,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
53
 Spain $ 21,380,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
54
 Slovakia $ 19,470,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
55
 Bulgaria $ 18,590,000,000 31 December 2008
56
 Austria $ 18,220,000,000 2008 est.
57
 Qatar $ 16,810,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
58
 Belgium $ 16,510,000,000 2007 est.
59
 New Zealand $ 15,250,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
60
 Serbia $ 14,220,000,000 2007 est.
61
 Croatia $ 14,140,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
62
 Portugal $ 11,550,000,000 31 December 2007 est.
63
 Oman $ 11,110,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
64
 Kuwait $ 10,640,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
65
 Botswana $ 10,280,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
66
 Uzbekistan $ 10,150,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
67
 Finland $ 9,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
68
 Pakistan $ 9,104,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
69
 Slovenia $ 8,912,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
70
 Tunisia $ 8,875,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
71
 Trinidad and Tobago $ 8,765,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
72
 Azerbaijan $ 8,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
73
 Lithuania $ 8,397,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
74
 Yemen $ 8,306,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
75
 Jordan $ 7,884,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
76
 Bolivia $ 7,864,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
77
 Ecuador $ 6,492,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
78
 Uruguay $ 6,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
79
 Syria $ 6,104,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
80
 Bangladesh $ 5,934,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
81
 Equatorial Guinea $ 5,517,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
82
 Turkmenistan $ 5,501,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
83
 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 5,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
84
 Latvia $ 5,090,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
85
 Bahrain $ 4,865,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
86
 Cuba $ 4,347,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
87
 Guatemala $ 4,229,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
88
 Malta $ 4,150,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
89
 Congo, Republic of the $ 3,845,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
90
 Cameroon $ 3,788,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
91
 Belarus $ 3,775,000,000 November 2008 est.
92
 Estonia $ 3,657,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
93
 Costa Rica $ 3,573,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
94
 Sri Lanka $ 3,364,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
95
 Cote d'Ivoire $ 3,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
96
 Kenya $ 2,875,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
97
 Uganda $ 2,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
98
 Paraguay $ 2,629,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
99
 Tanzania $ 2,624,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
100
 Papua New Guinea $ 2,548,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
101
 El Salvador $ 2,541,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
102
 Iceland $ 2,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
103
 Albania $ 2,479,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
104
 Macedonia $ 2,430,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
105
 Greece $ 2,425,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
106
 Cambodia $ 2,375,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
107
 Sudan $ 2,329,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
108
 Ghana $ 2,301,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
109
 Burma $ 2,262,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
110
 Dominican Republic $ 2,162,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
111
 Honduras $ 2,096,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
112
 Mozambique $ 2,067,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
113
 Jamaica $ 2,050,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
114
 Armenia $ 1,954,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
115
 Mauritius $ 1,909,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
116
 Gabon $ 1,859,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
117
 Senegal $ 1,765,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
118
 Panama $ 1,655,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
119
 Moldova $ 1,650,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
120
 Georgia $ 1,522,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
121
 Cyprus $ 1,476,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
122
 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,426,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
123
 Namibia $ 1,375,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
124
 Zambia $ 1,350,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
125
 Benin $ 1,292,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
126
 Burkina Faso $ 1,264,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
127
 Chad $ 1,120,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
128
 Nicaragua $ 1,035,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
129
 Ethiopia $ 1,008,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
130
 Swaziland $ 997,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
131
 Madagascar $ 996,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
132
 Ireland $ 926,200,000 2006 est.
133
 Lesotho $ 799,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
134
 Laos $ 765,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
135
 Rwanda $ 657,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
136
 Barbados $ 620,000,000 2007
137
 Togo $ 502,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
138
 Haiti $ 482,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
139
 Cape Verde $ 459,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
140
 Guyana $ 309,700,000 30 September 2008
141
 Suriname $ 263,300,000 2006
142
 Malawi $ 221,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
143
 Tajikistan $ 220,000,000 31 December 2008
144
 Luxembourg $ 205,500,000 2006 est.
145
 Gambia, The $ 144,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
146
 Burundi $ 134,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
147
 Belize $ 117,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
148
 Zimbabwe $ 100,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
149
 Guinea $ 92,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
150
 Samoa $ 70,150,000 FY03/04
151
 Seychelles $ 59,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
152
 Sao Tome and Principe $ 45,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
153
 Tonga $ 40,830,000 yearend, FY04/05
154
 Vanuatu $ 40,540,000 2003
155
 Eritrea $ 27,000,000 31 December 2008 est.

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009
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