United Arab Emirates Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $23.53 billion (2005 est.)

Year	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	Rank	Percent Change	Date of Information
2004	$15,790,000,000	38		2003
2005	$18,640,000,000	36	18.05 %	2004 est.
2006	$23,530,000,000	35	26.23 %	2005 est.

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of April 17, 2006