
International currency and gold reserves in 2008
International reserves are assets that are freely available to the monetary authorities and controlled by them in order to meet the needs for financing the balance of payments, to intervene in the foreign exchange markets to influence the exchange rate and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and economy, and also as a basis for external borrowing) [1] .
International reserves include monetary gold , special drawing rights (SDR) , a reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets [1] .
Calculated in US dollars .
Below is a list of countries around the world, ranked by the size of their international reserves in US dollars.
List of countries for international gold and foreign exchange reserves in millions of dollars, according to the World Bank [2]| No. | A country | 2017 year | 2018 year |
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| one | China | 3235682 | 3168216 | | 2 | Japan | 1264141 | 1270467 | | 3 | Switzerland | 811031 | 787021 | | four | Saudi Arabia | 509457 | 509469 | | 5 | Russia | 432731 | 468645 | | 6 | USA | 451285 | 449907 | | 7 | Hong Kong ( PRC ) | 431442 | 424620 | | 8 | The Republic of Korea | 388805 | 403082 | | 9 | India | 412614 | 399167 | | 10 | Brazil | 373956 | 374710 | | eleven | Singapore | 285000 | 292716 | | 12 | Thailand | 202538 | 205641 | | 13 | Germany | 199983 | 198027 | | fourteen | Mexico | 175470 | 176390 | | fifteen | United Kingdom | 150858 | 172658 | | 16 | France | 156322 | 166483 | | 17 | Italy | 151120 | 152362 | | eighteen | Czech | 147976 | 142512 | | 19 | Indonesia | 130215 | 120661 | | twenty | Poland | 113267 | 116957 | | 21 | Israel | 113010 | 115266 | | 22 | Malaysia | 102447 | 101453 | | 23 | UAE | 95378 | 99503 | | 24 | Turkey | 107657 | 92983 | | 25 | Algeria | 104853 | 87383 | | 26 | Libya | 79418 | 85336 | | 27 | Canada | 86678 | 83926 | | 28 | Philippines | 81414 | 79196 | | 29th | Denmark | 75244 | 70942 | | thirty | Spain | 69400 | 70633 | | 31 | Argentina | 55314 | 66222 | | 32 | Iraq | 49315 | 64562 | | 33 | Norway | 65924 | 63145 | | 34 | Sweden | 62191 | 60566 | | 35 | Peru | 63819 | 60333 | | 36 | Vietnam | 49076 | 55453 | | 37 | Australia | 66598 | 53881 | | 38 | Lebanon | 55412 | 52381 | | 39 | South Africa | 50723 | 51642 | | 40 | Colombia | 47131 | 47888 | | 41 | Nigeria | 40499 | 42839 | | 42 | Romania | 44429 | 42129 | | 43 | Egypt | 36400 | 41839 | | 44 | Kuwait | 36890 | 40282 | | 45 | Chile | 38982 | 39859 | | 46 | Netherlands | 38422 | 38432 | | 47 | Bangladesh | 33431 | 32028 | | 48 | Hungary | 28003 | 31367 | | 49 | Kazakhstan | 30747 | 30977 | | fifty | Qatar | 15008 | 30358 | | 51 | Bulgaria | 28376 | 28711 | | 52 | Belgium | 26151 | 26857 | | 53 | Portugal | 26097 | 24920 | | 54 | Morocco | 26190 | 24461 | | 55 | Austria | 21565 | 23191 | | 56 | Ukraine | 18811 | 20818 | | 57 | Macau China | 20170 | 20281 | | 58 | Croatia | 18818 | 19991 | | 59 | New Zealand | 20684 | 17657 | | 60 | Oman | 16089 | 17388 | | 61 | Uruguay | 15959 | 15557 | | 62 | Jordan | | | | 63 | Angola | 17455 | 15410 | | 64 | Cambodia | 11780 | 13886 | | 65 | Serbia | 11906 | 12874 | | 66 | Guatemala | 11765 | 12583 | | 67 | Pakistan | 18456 | 11837 | | 68 | Finland | 10507 | 10309 | | 69 | Bolivia | 10246 | 8930 | | 70 | Venezuela | 9794 | | | 71 | Nepal | 9435 | 8335 | | 72 | Afghanistan | 8097 | 8207 | | 73 | Sri Lanka | 7959 | | | 74 | Kenya | 7353 | 8196 | | 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8892 | 8109 | | 76 | Paraguay | 7878 | 7739 | | 77 | Dominican Republic | 6873 | 7718 | | 78 | Greece | 7804 | 7579 | | 79 | Costa Rica | 7150 | 7501 | | 80 | Belarus | 7315 | 7158 | | 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6474 | 6808 | | 82 | Azerbaijan | 6681 | 6666 | | 83 | Botswana | 7491 | 6657 | | 84 | Mauritius | 5984 | 6353 | | 85 | Iceland | 6566 | 6321 | | 86 | Ghana | 7015 | 6295 | | 87 | Lithuania | 4450 | 5771 | | 88 | Tunisia | 6144 | 5661 | | 89 | Myanmar | 5214 | 5646 | | 90 | Slovakia | 3621 | 5229 | | 91 | Ireland | 4413 | 5223 | | 92 | Tanzania | 5888 | 5050 | | 93 | Honduras | 4708 | 4769 | | 94 | Latvia | 4613 | 4371 | | 95 | Ethiopia | 3046 | 3987 | | 96 | Albania | 3589 | 3894 | | 97 | Salvador | 3567 | 3569 | | 98 | Mongolia | 3017 | 3550 | | 99 | Jamaica | 3781 | 3532 | | one hundred | Cameroon | 3197 | 3459 | | 101 | Brunei | 3488 | 3407 | | 102 | Uganda | 3721 | 3359 | | 103 | Georgia | 3039 | 3289 | | 104 | North Macedonia | 2802 | 3284 | | 105 | Mozambique | 3361 | 3258 | | 106 | Moldova | 2803 | 2995 | | 107 | Haiti | 2410 | 2369 | | 108 | Bahrain | 2823 | 2334 | | 109 | Nicaragua | 2758 | 2261 | | 110 | Armenia | 2314 | 2259 | | 111 | Papua New Guinea | 1762 | 2239 | | 112 | Ecuador | 2170 | 2159 | | 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 2177 | 2157 | | 114 | Namibia | 2432 | 2150 | | 115 | Panama | 2703 | 2121 | | 116 | Madagascar | 1600 | 1740 | | 117 | Zambia | 2082 | 1569 | | 118 | Bahamas | 1414 | | | 119 | Gabon | 965 | 1321 | | 120 | Tajikistan | 1292 | 1284 | | 121 | Montenegro | 1077 | 1261 | | 122 | Guinea | 943 | 1225 | | 123 | Malta | 833 | 1025 | | 124 | Butane | 1206 | 991 | | 125 | Laos | 1271 | 980 | | 126 | Aruba | 907 | 980 | | 127 | Fiji | 1116 | 948 | | 128 | Luxembourg | 878 | 939 | | 129 | Mauritania | 874 | 934 | | 130 | Slovenia | 890 | 933 | | 131 | Cyprus | 888 | 924 | | 132 | Rwanda | 887 | 909 | | 133 | Republic of Kosovo | 820 | 881 | | 134 | Malawi | 770 | 760 | | 135 | Estonia | 345 | 755 | | 136 | Lesotho | 658 | 729 | | 137 | Maldives | 598 | 722 | | 138 | East Timor | 544 | 674 | | 139 | DR Congo | 695 | 665 | | 140 | Solomon islands | 574 | 617 | | 141 | Cape Verde | 617 | 606 | | 142 | Suriname | 425 | 581 | | 143 | Seychelles | 545 | 550 | | 144 | State of Palestine | 446 | 538 | | 145 | Guyana | 565 | 519 | | 146 | Sierra leone | 549 | 503 | | 147 | Djibouti | 556 | 454 | | 148 | Esvatini | 563 | 441 | | 149 | Liberia | 475 | | | 150 | Republic of the Congo | 380 | 424 | | 151 | Vanuatu | 395 | 421 | | 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 365 | 363 | | 153 | CAR | 363 | 362 | | 154 | San marino | 359 | 339 | | 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 314 | 329 | | 156 | Belize | 312 | 294 | | 157 | Saint lucia | 322 | 286 | | 158 | Grenada | 199 | 234 | | 159 | Tonga | 199 | 227 | | 160 | Comoros | 208 | 199 | | 0 | List of countries by international currency reserves in millions of dollars, according to the IMF [3]| No. | A country | 2017 year |
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| one | China | 3344716 | | 2 | Japan | 1318333 | | 3 | Switzerland | 765050 | | four | Saudi Arabia | 514083 | | 5 | Taiwan Province of China | 433434 | | 6 | Hong Kong ( PRC ) | 430952 | | 7 | Russia | 405129 | | 8 | The Republic of Korea | 376573 | | 9 | Brazil | 376491 | | 10 | India | 375502 | | eleven | Singapore | 264556 | | 12 | Germany | 197477 | | 13 | Thailand | 184515 | | fourteen | United Kingdom | 176942 | | fifteen | Mexico | 176153 | | 16 | France | 170002 | | 17 | Algeria (estimate) | 160,000 | | eighteen | Italy | 149305 | | 19 | Czech | 139596 | | twenty | Indonesia | 124953 | | 21 | USA | 118638 | | 22 | Iran (estimate) | 115,000 | | 23 | Poland | 110678 | | 24 | Israel | 107348 | | 25 | Turkey | 105447 | | 26 | Malaysia | 99569 | | 27 | Canada | 85589 | | 28 | Philippines | 83918 | | 29th | UAE (score) | 77000 | | thirty | Denmark | 69693 | | 31 | Spain | 68769 | | 32 | Chile | 66586 | | 33 | Australia | 66066 | | 34 | Norway | 65585 | | 35 | Libya (estimate) | 63000 | | 36 | Iraq (rating) | 62000 | | 37 | Peru | 62872 | | 38 | Sweden | 60180 | | 39 | Colombia | 52170 | | 40 | Lebanon (estimate) | 50,000 | | 41 | South Africa | 47114 | | 42 | Argentina | 46146 | | 43 | Vietnam (estimate) | 45000 | | 44 | Romania | 44044 | | 45 | Netherlands | 37966 | | 46 | Qatar (estimate) | 37000 | | 47 | Hungary | 26868 | | 48 | Kuwait (estimate) | 33000 | | 49 | Portugal | 30219 | | fifty | Kazakhstan | 29797 | | 51 | Bangladesh (estimate) | 28,000 | | 52 | Nigeria (estimate) | 27900 | | 53 | Bulgaria | 26752 | | 54 | Uzbekistan | 26870 | | 55 | Belgium | 25859 | | 56 | Morocco (estimate) | 25600 | | 57 | Austria | 24186 | | 58 | Turkmenistan (estimate) | 23000 | | 59 | Pakistan (estimate) | 21000 | | 60 | Angola (estimate) | 20000 | | 61 | New Zealand | 19126 | | 62 | Ukraine | 17283 | | 63 | Egypt (estimate) | 16000 | | 64 | Oman (rating) | 15800 | | 65 | Croatia | 15758 | | 66 | Venezuela (estimate) | 15500 | | 67 | Jordan | 14338 | | 68 | Bolivia (estimate) | 12818 | | 69 | Uruguay | 13148 | | 70 | Trinidad and Tobago (estimate) | 12000 | | 71 | Serbia (estimate) | 11700 | | 72 | Cuba (estimate) | 11600 | | 73 | Finland | 11276 | | 74 | Guatemala | 9911 | | 75 | Myanmar (estimate) | 9400 | | 76 | DPRK (estimate) | 8000 | | 77 | Botswana (estimate) | 7900 | | 78 | Greece | 7491 | | 79 | Costa Rica | 7300 | | 80 | Kenya (estimate) | 7300 | | 81 | Cambodia (estimate) | 7100 | | 82 | Paraguay (estimate) | 7030 | | 83 | Tunisia (estimate) | 6800 | | 84 | Sri Lanka | 6753 | | 85 | Iceland | 6545 | | 86 | Afghanistan (estimate) | 6500 | | 87 | Nepal (estimate) | 6100 | | 88 | Dominican Republic | 6087 | | 89 | Belarus | 5855 | | 90 | Ghana (estimate) | 5600 | | 91 | Bahrain (estimate) | 5000 | | 92 | Côte d'Ivoire (estimate) | 4800 | | 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (est.) | 4600 | | 94 | Republic of the Congo (estimate) | 4400 | | 95 | Azerbaijan | 4066 | | 96 | Mauritania | 4304 | | 97 | Panama (estimate) | 4200 | | 98 | Tanzania (estimate) | 4020 | | 99 | Uganda (estimate) | 3500 | | one hundred | Honduras | 3400 | |