Countries with the largest reserves of foreign exchange and gold


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



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.
Rank country Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Date of Information
1 China $ 1,955,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
2 Japan $ 1,011,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
3 Russia $ 427,100,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
4 Taiwan $ 296,400,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
5 India $ 254,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
6 Korea, South $ 201,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
7 Brazil $ 193,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
8 Hong Kong $ 182,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
9 Singapore $ 174,200,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
10 Algeria $ 143,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
11 Germany $ 138,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
12 Thailand $ 111,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
13 Italy $ 105,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
14 France $ 102,900,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
15 Iran $ 96,560,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
16 Mexico $ 95,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
17 Libya $ 92,510,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
18 Malaysia $ 91,210,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
19 United States $ 77,650,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
20 Switzerland $ 74,070,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
21 Turkey $ 73,660,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
22 Poland $ 62,180,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
23 Nigeria $ 53,000,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
24 United Kingdom $ 52,980,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
25 Indonesia $ 51,640,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
26 Norway $ 50,950,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
27 Iraq $ 49,800,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
28 Argentina $ 46,370,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
29 Canada $ 43,870,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
30 Israel $ 42,510,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
31 Denmark $ 42,320,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
32 Venezuela $ 42,300,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
33 Romania $ 39,470,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
34 Philippines $ 37,550,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
35 Czech Republic $ 36,680,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
36 South Africa $ 34,070,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
37 Hungary $ 33,870,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
38 Egypt $ 33,850,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
39 Australia $ 32,920,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
40 United Arab Emirates $ 31,690,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
41 Ukraine $ 31,540,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
42 Peru $ 31,250,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
43 Saudi Arabia $ 30,590,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
44 Sweden $ 29,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
45 Netherlands $ 28,510,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
46 Lebanon $ 28,280,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
47 Vietnam $ 24,180,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
48 Colombia $ 23,670,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
49 Chile $ 23,080,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
50 Morocco $ 22,720,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
51 Spain $ 20,250,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
52 Kazakhstan $ 19,870,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
53 Slovakia $ 18,780,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
54 Angola $ 18,360,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
55 Bulgaria $ 17,930,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
56 Kuwait $ 17,230,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
57 Austria $ 16,700,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
58 Belgium $ 15,650,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
59 Serbia $ 14,220,000,000 2007 est.
60 Turkmenistan $ 13,880,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
61 Croatia $ 12,960,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
62 Portugal $ 11,950,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
63 Oman $ 11,580,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
64 New Zealand $ 11,150,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
65 Uzbekistan $ 10,150,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
66 Qatar $ 9,998,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
67 Trinidad and Tobago $ 9,496,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
68 Botswana $ 9,119,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
69 Jordan $ 8,918,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
70 Pakistan $ 8,903,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
71 Tunisia $ 8,853,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
72 Finland $ 8,346,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
73 Yemen $ 8,157,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
74 Bolivia $ 7,722,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
75 Slovenia $ 7,570,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
76 Syria $ 6,765,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
77 Azerbaijan $ 6,519,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
78 Lithuania $ 6,441,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
79 Uruguay $ 6,360,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
80 Bangladesh $ 5,789,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
81 Latvia $ 5,248,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
82 Ecuador $ 4,473,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
83 Guatemala $ 4,471,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
84 Equatorial Guinea $ 4,431,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
85 Cuba $ 4,047,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
86 Estonia $ 3,972,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
87 Congo, Republic of the $ 3,873,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
88 Bahrain $ 3,803,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
89 Costa Rica $ 3,799,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 3,516,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
91 Greece $ 3,473,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
92 Burma $ 3,412,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
93 Cameroon $ 3,091,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
94 Kenya $ 2,879,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
95 Tanzania $ 2,869,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
96 Paraguay $ 2,863,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
97 Panama $ 2,693,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
98 Belarus $ 2,687,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
99 Sri Lanka $ 2,655,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
100 Cambodia $ 2,641,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
101 El Salvador $ 2,545,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
102 Iceland $ 2,500,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
103 Honduras $ 2,492,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
104 Albania $ 2,364,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
105 Uganda $ 2,301,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
106 Dominican Republic $ 2,288,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
107 Cote d'Ivoire $ 2,252,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
108 Macedonia $ 2,109,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
109 Ghana $ 2,028,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
110 Papua New Guinea $ 1,987,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
111 Gabon $ 1,925,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
112 Mauritius $ 1,785,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
113 Jamaica $ 1,767,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
114 Moldova $ 1,672,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
115 Senegal $ 1,601,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
116 Mozambique $ 1,578,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
117 Georgia $ 1,480,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
118 Armenia $ 1,407,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
119 Sudan $ 1,399,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
120 Chad $ 1,347,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
121 Namibia $ 1,293,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
122 Benin $ 1,261,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
123 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,225,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
124 Nicaragua $ 1,141,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
125 Zambia $ 1,096,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
126 Ireland $ 1,023,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
127 Cyprus $ 1,003,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
128 Lesotho $ 993,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
129 Madagascar $ 982,300,000 31 December 2008 est.
130 Burkina Faso $ 926,300,000 31 December 2008 est.
131 Ethiopia $ 870,500,000 31 December 2008 est.
132 Laos $ 803,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
133 Swaziland $ 752,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
134 Haiti $ 708,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
135 Barbados $ 620,000,000 2007
136 Rwanda $ 596,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
137 Togo $ 580,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
138 Luxembourg $ 397,800,000 31 December 2008 est.
139 Malta $ 373,400,000 31 December 2008 est.
140 Guyana $ 355,900,000 31 December 2008 est.
141 Burundi $ 266,700,000 31 December 2008 est.
142 Suriname $ 263,300,000 2006
143 Cape Verde $ 258,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
144 Tajikistan $ 195,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
145 Malawi $ 185,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
146 Belize $ 166,200,000 31 December 2008 est.
147 Gambia, The $ 140,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
148 Zimbabwe $ 96,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
149 Guinea $ 93,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
150 Samoa $ 70,150,000 FY03/04
151 Seychelles $ 64,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
152 Sao Tome and Principe $ 43,000,000 31 December 2008 est.
153 Tonga $ 40,830,000 yearend, FY04/05
154 Vanuatu $ 40,540,000 2003
155 Eritrea $ 24,000,000 31 December 2008 est.



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