List of countries by foreign exchange reserves
The following list of countries according to foreign exchange reserves sorts countries according to the currency or foreign exchange reserves they hold . Such reserves are in most cases held by central banks and can exist in the form of gold , various currencies or in the form of illiquid assets.
List of countries by foreign exchange reserves
rank | country | Foreign exchange reserves (in millions of US dollars ) |
time |
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1 | People's Republic of China | 3,105,000 | October 2019 |
2 | Japan | 1,324,468 | October 2019 |
- | Europe ( Eurosystem ) | 921.279 | November 2019 |
3 | Switzerland | 835.187 | September 2019 |
4th | Russia | 540.100 | November 2019 |
5 | Saudi Arabia | 506,400 | July 2018 |
6th | Taiwan | 472,480 | October 2019 |
7th | India | 448.249 | November 2019 |
8th | Hong Kong | 438,685 | September 2019 |
9 | South Korea | 401.100 | August 2018 |
10 | Brazil | 376.434 | September 2019 |
11 | Singapore | 288.044 | June 2018 |
12 | Thailand | 249,498 | January 2018 |
13 | Germany | 199,858 | October 2019 |
14th | Mexico | 182.915 | September 2019 |
15th | United Kingdom | 179,385 | October 2019 |
16 | France | 169.005 | October 2019 |
17th | Italy | 164.992 | June 2019 |
18th | Czech Republic | 147.099 | October 2019 |
19th | Iran | 132,600 | December 31, 2017 |
20th | United States | 128,883 | October 2019 |
21st | Indonesia | 126,694 | October 2019 |
22nd | Poland | 121.901 | October 2019 |
23 | Israel | 115,459 | September 2018 |
24 | Malaysia | 104,500 | July 31, 2018 |
25th | United Arab Emirates | 101.191 | September 2019 |
26th | Turkey | 101.113 | September 2019 |
27 | Algeria | 88,609 | June 2018 |
28 | Philippines | 85,834 | October 2019 |
29 | Canada | 85,600 | December 31, 2017 |
- | Europe ( ECB ) | 80.292 | February 2018 |
30th | Libya | 69,350 | December 31, 2017 |
31 | Denmark | 68,900 | December 31, 2017 |
32 | Peru | 64,290 | January 2018 |
33 | Vietnam | 63,000 | May 2018 |
34 | Sweden | 57,497 | September 2019 |
35 | Australia | 58,676 | March 2018 |
36 | South Africa | 54,855 | September 2019 |
37 | Spain | 54,155 | March 2016 |
38 | Lebanon | 53,100 | December 31, 2017 |
39 | Argentina | 51,950 | March 2017 |
40 | Iraq | 47.020 | December 31, 2017 |
41 | Colombia | 52,570 | October 2019 |
42 | Egypt | 44,459 | September 2018 |
43 | Norway | 42,965 | October 2017 |
44 | Azerbaijan | 41,187 | June 30, 2017 |
45 | Nigeria | 40,550 | October 2019 |
46 | Netherlands | 40,393 | April 2016 |
47 | Romania | 40,148 | April 2016 |
48 | Chile | 39,553 | March 2016 |
49 | Bangladesh | 33,406 | June 2017 |
50 | Kuwait | 33,130 | December 31, 2017 |
51 | Hungary | 31,367 | March 2016 |
52 | Kazakhstan | 30,500 | November 1, 2016 |
53 | Belgium | 24,861 | March 2016 |
54 | Austria | 24,758 | March 2016 |
55 | Bulgaria | 24,318 | March 2016 |
56 | Qatar | 24,030 | July 2017 |
57 | Morocco | 23,927 | February 2016 |
58 | Portugal | 21,328 | March 2016 |
59 | Turkmenistan | 20,600 | December 31, 2017 |
60 | Oman | 19,960 | December 31, 2017 |
61 | Pakistan | 16,369 | September 2018 |
62 | Macau | 19,330 | October 2016 |
63 | Angola | 18,100 | December 31, 2017 |
64 | Ukraine | 17,175 | 1st May 2017 |
65 | New Zealand | 16,770 | March 2016 |
66 | Jordan | 16,387 | February 2016 |
67 | Uzbekistan | 16,000 | December 31, 2017 |
68 | Uruguay | 14,377 | February 2016 |
69 | Croatia | 14.307 | February 2016 |
70 | Kenya | 13,169 | August 2019 |
71 | Bolivia | 12,818 | January 2016 |
72 | Cuba | 12,800 | December 31, 2017 |
73 | Cambodia | 11,290 | December 31, 2017 |
74 | Serbia | 10,790 | December 31, 2017 |
75 | Finland | 10,413 | March 2016 |
76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,660 | December 31, 2017 |
77 | Myanmar | 5,032 | December 31, 2017 |
78 | Nepal | 8,668 | December 31, 2017 |
79 | Venezuela | 8,451 | September 2018 |
80 | North Korea | 8,000 | November 2013 |
81 | Costa Rica | 7,784 | February 2016 |
82 | Guatemala | 7,658 | March 2016 |
83 | Ghana | 7,555 | December 31, 2017 |
84 | Paraguay | 7,504 | December 31, 2017 |
85 | Botswana | 7,476 | December 31, 2017 |
86 | Afghanistan | 7,405 | December 31, 2017 |
87 | Greece | 6,893 | December 31, 2017 |
88 | Tunisia | 6,714 | February 2016 |
89 | Dominican Republic | 6,459 | March 2017 |
90 | Sri Lanka | 6.225 | March 2016 |
91 | Iceland | 6.140 | December 31, 2017 |
92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,370 | December 31, 2017 |
93 | Belarus | 5,059 | December 31, 2017 |
94 | Ivory Coast | 4,688 | December 31, 2017 |
95 | Mauritius | 4,498 | March 2016 |
96 | Tanzania | 4.174 | December 31, 2017 |
97 | Panama | 3,888 | December 31, 2017 |
98 | Honduras | 3,755 | March 2016 |
99 | Latvia | 3,520 | March 2016 |
100 | Brunei | 3,366 | 2015 |
101 | Ireland | 3,347 | March 2016 |
102 | Albania | 3,188 | March 2016 |
103 | Ethiopia | 3,174 | December 31, 2017 |
104 | El Salvador | 3,172 | March 2016 |
105 | Uganda | 3,045 | December 31, 2017 |
106 | Slovakia | 2,879 | January 2016 |
107 | Georgia | 2,760 | October 2016 |
108 | Jamaica | 2,740 | February 2016 |
109 | Nicaragua | 2,520 | April 2016 |
110 | Ecuador | 2,451 | December 31, 2017 |
111 | North Macedonia | 2,480 | February 2016 |
112 | Zambia | 2,426 | December 31, 2017 |
113 | Cameroon | 2,357 | December 31, 2017 |
114 | Moldova | 2,300 | December 31, 2017 |
115 | Mozambique | 2,193 | December 31, 2017 |
116 | Bahrain | 2,166 | December 31, 2017 |
117 | Haiti | 2,044 | December 31, 2017 |
118 | Namibia | 1,949 | December 31, 2017 |
119 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,944 | October 2016 |
120 | Armenia | 1,839 | October 2016 |
121 | Papua New Guinea | 1,800 | December 31, 2017 |
122 | Curacao | 1,791 | 2015 |
123 | Madagascar | 1,372 | December 31, 2017 |
124 | Lithuania | 1,227 | April 2016 |
125 | Bhutan | 1.103 | 2015 |
126 | Luxembourg | 1,077 | March 2016 |
127 | Niger | 1,039 | 2015 |
128 | Mongolia | 1,039 | October 2016 |
129 | Rwanda | 1,026 | December 31, 2017 |
130 | Laos | 990 | December 31, 2017 |
131 | Mauritania | 969 | 2012 |
132 | Fiji | 967 | December 31, 2017 |
133 | Bahamas | 922 | December 31, 2017 |
134 | Lesotho | 983 | December 31, 2017 |
135 | Kosovo | 684 | December 31, 2017 |
136 | Cyprus | 889 | March 2016 |
137 | Slovenia | 870 | April 2016 |
138 | Gabon | 835 | December 31, 2017 |
139 | Aruba | 816 | 2015 |
140 | Republic of the Congo | 813 | December 31, 2017 |
141 | Malawi | 765 | December 31, 2017 |
142 | Montenegro | 734 | 2015 |
143 | Malta | 671 | March 2016 |
144 | Tajikistan | 642 | December 31, 2017 |
145 | Mali | 624 | 2015 |
146 | Sierra Leone | 621 | 2015 |
147 | Guyana | 608 | December 31, 2017 |
148 | Cape Verde | 589 | December 31, 2017 |
149 | Swaziland | 577 | December 31, 2017 |
150 | Maldives | 576 | 2015 |
151 | Seychelles | 555 | March 2016 |
152 | Liberia | 523 | 2015 |
153 | Solomon Islands | 520 | 2015 |
154 | Sudan | 505 | December 31, 2017 |
155 | Estonia | 494 | March 2016 |
156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 445 | December 31, 2017 |
157 | East Timor | 438 | 2015 |
158 | Suriname | 424 | December 31, 2017 |
159 | Syria | 407 | December 31, 2017 |
160 | San Marino | 392 | 2014 |
161 | Zimbabwe | 374 | December 31, 2017 |
162 | Belize | 368 | December 31, 2017 |
163 | Djibouti | 365 | 2015 |
164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 356 | 2015 |
165 | Burkina Faso | 333 | December 31, 2016 |
166 | Guinea-Bissau | 332 | 2015 |
167 | St. Lucia | 318 | 2015 |
168 | Palestine | 313 | December 31, 2017 |
169 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 288 | 2015 |
170 | Vanuatu | 251 | December 31, 2016 |
171 | Yemen | 245 | December 31, 2017 |
172 | Guinea | 244 | December 31, 2016 |
173 | Eritrea | 237 | December 31, 2017 |
174 | South Sudan | 230 | 2015 |
175 | Togo | 215 | December 31, 2017 |
176 | Central African Republic | 214 | 2015 |
177 | Barbados | 205 | December 31, 2017 |
178 | Comoros | 201 | 2015 |
179 | Grenada | 198 | 2015 |
180 | Tonga | 181 | December 31, 2016 |
181 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 165 | December 31, 2016 |
182 | Senegal | 152 | December 31, 2017 |
183 | Equatorial Guinea | 150 | December 31, 2017 |
184 | Samoa | 139 | December 31, 2015 |
185 | Micronesia | 135 | 2015 |
186 | Dominica | 100 | December 31, 2016 |
187 | Burundi | 79 | December 31, 2017 |
188 | Chad | 74 | December 31, 2017 |
189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68 | December 31, 2016 |
190 | Benin | 60 | December 31, 2017 |
191 | Montserrat | 49 | December 31, 2016 |
192 | Somalia | 30th | 2014 |
193 | Gambia | 23 | December 31, 2017 |
194 | Kiribati | 8th | December 31, 2015 |
List of countries by foreign exchange and gold reserves
The following list provides an overview of the top 30 countries according to the combined value of all foreign currency and gold reserves . The source is the World Bank .
rank | country | Foreign exchange reserves (in millions of US dollars ) |
time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | People's Republic of China | 3,235,681 | 2017 |
2 | Japan | 1,264,141 | 2017 |
3 | Switzerland | 811.031 | 2017 |
4th | Saudi Arabia | 547.261 | 2016 |
5 | United States | 451.285 | 2017 |
6th | Russia | 432.731 | 2017 |
7th | India | 412,614 | 2017 |
8th | South Korea | 388,805 | 2017 |
9 | Brazil | 373,956 | 2017 |
10 | Singapore | 285,000 | 2017 |
11 | Thailand | 202,538 | 2017 |
12 | Germany | 199.983 | 2017 |
13 | Mexico | 175.469 | 2017 |
14th | France | 156,322 | 2017 |
15th | Italy | 151.120 | 2017 |
16 | United Kingdom | 150,858 | 2017 |
17th | Czech Republic | 147.976 | 2017 |
18th | Indonesia | 130.215 | 2017 |
19th | Poland | 113.267 | 2017 |
20th | Israel | 113.010 | 2017 |
21st | Turkey | 107,657 | 2017 |
22nd | Algeria | 104,853 | 2017 |
23 | Malaysia | 102,447 | 2017 |
24 | United Arab Emirates | 95,378 | 2017 |
25th | Canada | 86,678 | 2017 |
26th | Philippines | 81,414 | 2017 |
27 | Libya | 79,418 | 2017 |
28 | Denmark | 75,244 | 2017 |
29 | Spain | 69,400 | 2017 |
30th | Australia | 66,598 | 2017 |
Reserve currencies by importance
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||
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USD | 77.2 | 67.2 | 62.8 | 70.5 | 70.7 | 66.5 | 65.8 | 65.9 | 66.4 | 65.5 | 64.1 | 64.1 | 62.1 | 61.8 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 61.0 | 63.3 | 64.1 | 63.9 | 62.7 | 61.7 | 60.9 | |||||||
EUR | - | - | - | - | 17.9 | 24.2 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 27.6 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 24.4 | 21.9 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 20.6 | |||||||
DEM | 1.9 | 14.8 | 19.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
JPY | - | 0.1 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.7 | |||||||
GBP | 10.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | |||||||
FRF | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
CHF | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||
other | 8.7 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | |||||||
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- ^ IMF - France
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- ^ IMF - Australia
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- ^ IMF - Colombia
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- ^ IMF - Netherlands
- ^ IMF - Romania
- ^ IMF - Chile
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- ^ IMF - Hungary
- ^ IMF - Kazakhstan
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- ^ IMF - Austria
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- ^ IMF - Portugal
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- ^ IMF - Jordan
- ^ IMF - Uruguay
- ^ IMF - Croatia
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- ^ IMF - Guatemala
- ^ IMF - Tunisia
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- ^ IMF - Sri Lanka
- ^ IMF - Mauritius
- ^ IMF - Honduras
- ^ IMF - Latvia
- ^ IMF - Ireland
- ^ IMF - Albania
- ^ IMF - El Salvador
- ^ IMF - Slovak Republic
- ^ IMF - Georgia
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- ^ IMF - Jamaica
- ^ IMF - Nicaragua
- ^ IMF - Macedonia
- ^ IMF - Kyrgyz Republic
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- ^ IMF - Lithuania
- ^ IMF - Luxembourg
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- ^ IMF - Cyprus
- ^ IMF - Slovenia
- ^ IMF - Malta
- ^ IMF - Seychelles
- ^ IMF - Estonia
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