Country Comparison > Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Rank	Country	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$)
1	China	3,235,999,907,840
2	Japan	1,264,000,040,960
3	Switzerland	811,200,020,480
4	Saudi Arabia	496,400,007,168
5	Taiwan	456,700,002,304
6	Russia	432,699,998,208
7	Hong Kong	431,399,993,344
8	India	409,800,015,872
9	Korea, South	389,199,986,688
10	Brazil	373,999,992,832
11	Singapore	279,899,996,160
12	Thailand	202,600,005,632
13	Germany	200,100,003,840
14	Mexico	175,300,001,792
15	France	156,399,992,832
16	Italy	151,200,006,144
17	United Kingdom	150,800,007,168
18	Czech Republic	147,999,997,952
19	Indonesia	130,200,002,560
20	United States	123,300,003,840
21	Iran	120,600,002,560
22	Poland	113,299,996,672
23	Israel	112,999,997,440
24	Turkey	107,700,002,816
25	Malaysia	102,400,000,000
26	Algeria	97,890,000,896
27	United Arab Emirates	95,370,002,432
28	Canada	86,680,002,560
29	Philippines	81,569,996,800
30	Denmark	75,249,999,872
31	Libya	74,709,999,616
32	Spain	69,409,996,800
33	Australia	66,580,000,768
34	Norway	65,920,000,000
35	Peru	63,829,999,616
36	Sweden	62,220,001,280
37	Lebanon	55,419,998,208
38	Argentina	55,330,000,896
39	South Africa	50,719,997,952
40	Vietnam	49,500,000,256
41	Iraq	48,880,001,024
42	Colombia	47,130,001,408
43	Romania	44,430,000,128
44	Chile	38,980,001,792
45	Nigeria	38,769,999,872
46	Netherlands	38,440,001,536
47	Egypt	35,889,999,872
48	Kuwait	33,699,999,744
49	Bangladesh	33,419,999,232
50	Kazakhstan	30,749,999,104
51	Bulgaria	28,380,000,256
52	Hungary	28,000,000,000
53	Morocco	26,269,999,104
54	Belgium	26,160,001,024
55	Portugal	26,109,999,104
56	Turkmenistan	24,910,000,128
57	Austria	21,570,000,896
58	New Zealand	20,679,999,488
59	Macau	20,170,000,384
60	Croatia	18,819,999,744
61	Ukraine	18,809,999,360
62	Pakistan	18,460,000,256
63	Angola	17,290,000,384
64	Oman	16,090,000,384
65	Uzbekistan	16,000,000,000
66	Uruguay	15,960,000,512
67	Jordan	15,559,999,488
68	Qatar	15,009,999,872
69	Cambodia	12,199,999,488
70	Serbia	11,909,999,616
71	Guatemala	11,770,000,384
72	Cuba	11,349,999,616
73	Finland	10,510,000,128
74	Bolivia	10,259,999,744
75	Venezuela	9,660,999,680
76	Nepal	9,091,000,320
77	Trinidad and Tobago	8,892,000,256
78	Sri Lanka	7,959,000,064
79	Paraguay	7,877,000,192
80	Greece	7,807,000,064
81	Ghana	7,554,999,808
82	Botswana	7,490,999,808
83	Kenya	7,353,999,872
84	Belarus	7,314,999,808
85	Afghanistan	7,186,999,808
86	Costa Rica	7,150,000,128
87	Dominican Republic	6,872,999,936
88	Azerbaijan	6,680,999,936
89	Iceland	6,567,000,064
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6,473,999,872
91	Mauritius	5,984,000,000
92	Tunisia	5,593,999,872
93	Tanzania	5,301,000,192
94	Burma	4,924,000,256
95	Honduras	4,707,999,744
96	Latvia	4,614,000,128
97	Lithuania	4,449,999,872
98	Ireland	4,412,000,256
99	Jamaica	3,780,999,936
100	Uganda	3,654,000,128
101	Slovakia	3,622,000,128
102	Albania	3,590,000,128
103	El Salvador	3,567,000,064
104	Brunei	3,488,000,000
105	Mozambique	3,360,999,936
106	Cameroon	3,235,000,064
107	Georgia	3,039,000,064
108	Mongolia	3,016,000,000
109	Ethiopia	3,012,999,936
110	Moldova	2,803,000,064
111	Macedonia	2,801,999,872
112	Nicaragua	2,758,000,128
113	Panama	2,703,000,064
114	Namibia	2,432,000,000
115	Ecuador	2,395,000,064
116	Haiti	2,360,999,936
117	Bahrain	2,348,999,936
118	Armenia	2,313,999,872
119	Kyrgyzstan	2,176,999,936
120	Zambia	2,082,000,000
121	Senegal	1,827,000,064
122	Papua New Guinea	1,735,000,064
123	Madagascar	1,600,000,000
124	Bahamas, The	1,522,000,000
125	Niger	1,314,000,000
126	Tajikistan	1,292,000,000
127	Laos	1,270,000,000
128	Bhutan	1,206,000,000
129	Fiji	1,116,000,000
130	Montenegro	1,076,999,936
131	Rwanda	997,600,000
132	Gabon	981,600,000
133	Aruba	921,800,000
134	Slovenia	889,900,032
135	Luxembourg	878,000,000
136	Mauritania	875,000,000
137	Malta	833,000,000
138	Malawi	780,200,000
139	Benin	698,899,968
140	Kosovo	683,900,032
141	Lesotho	657,699,968
142	Mali	647,800,000
143	Cape Verde	617,400,000
144	West Bank	583,000,000
145	Palau	580,899,968
146	Guyana	565,400,000
147	Swaziland	563,100,032
148	Djibouti	547,699,968
149	Seychelles	545,200,000
150	East Timor	544,400,000
151	Congo, Republic of the	505,700,000
152	Sierra Leone	478,000,000
153	Maldives	477,900,000
154	Liberia	459,800,000
155	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	457,500,000
156	Gaza Strip	446,300,000
157	Zimbabwe	431,800,000
158	Suriname	424,400,000
159	Solomon Islands	421,000,000
160	Syria	407,300,000
161	Vanuatu	395,100,000
162	San Marino	392,000,000
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis	365,100,000
164	Guinea-Bissau	356,400,000
165	Estonia	345,000,000
166	Guinea	331,800,000
167	Saint Lucia	321,800,000
168	Belize	312,100,000
169	Central African Republic	304,300,000
170	Barbados	264,500,000
171	Yemen	245,400,000
172	Eritrea	236,700,000
173	Dominica	212,300,000
174	Comoros	208,000,000
175	Micronesia, Federated States of	203,700,000
176	Grenada	199,100,000
177	Tonga	198,500,000
178	Sudan	198,000,000
179	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	182,100,000
180	Gambia, The	170,000,000
181	Samoa	133,000,000
182	Burundi	97,400,000
183	Togo	77,800,000
184	Anguilla	76,380,000
185	South Sudan	73,000,000
186	Sao Tome and Principe	58,950,000
187	Burkina Faso	49,000,000
188	Montserrat	47,580,000
189	Equatorial Guinea	45,500,000
190	Somalia	30,450,000
191	Chad	22,900,000
192	Kiribati	8,370,000

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 January 1, 2020

See also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold map

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