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DEFINITION:
Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.45 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Japan | 1.05 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 3 | European Union | 1.03 trillion | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 439.34 billion | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 420.98 billion | 2009 | ||
| 6 | United States | 404.1 billion | 2009 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 331.05 billion | 2009 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 288.05 billion | 2009 | |||
| 7 | India | 284.68 billion | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Brazil | 238.54 billion | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Singapore | 187.8 billion | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Germany | 179.04 billion | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 175.42 billion | 2009 | |||
| 11 | Algeria | 155.11 billion | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Thailand | 138.42 billion | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Switzerland | 134.57 billion | 2009 | ||
| 14 | France | 131.79 billion | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Italy | 131.5 billion | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Libya | 109.05 billion | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Mexico | 99.89 billion | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Malaysia | 96.7 billion | 2009 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 91.41 billion | 2009 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 90.3 billion | 2009 | |||
| 19 | Poland | 79.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Denmark | 76.62 billion | 2009 | ||
| 21 | Turkey | 74.93 billion | 2009 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 68.45 billion | 2009 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 68.25 billion | 2008 | |||
| 22 | United Kingdom | 66.55 billion | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Indonesia | 66.12 billion | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Israel | 60.61 billion | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Canada | 54.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Norway | 48.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 27 | Argentina | 48.01 billion | 2009 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 48 billion | 2005 | |||
| 28 | Sweden | 47.26 billion | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Iraq | 46.46 billion | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Nigeria | 45.51 billion | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Romania | 44.38 billion | 2009 | ||
| 32 | Philippines | 44.21 billion | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Hungary | 44.18 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 43.73 billion | 2009 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 43.71 billion | 2009 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 43.11 billion | 2009 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 42.43 billion | 2009 | |||
| 34 | Australia | 41.74 billion | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Czech Republic | 41.61 billion | 2009 | ||
| 36 | South Africa | 39.6 billion | 2009 | ||
| 37 | Netherlands | 39.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Lebanon | 39.13 billion | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 37.21 billion | 2009 | |||
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 36.1 billion | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Venezuela | 34.32 billion | 2009 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 33.42 billion | 2009 | |||
| 41 | Peru | 33.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 29.88 billion | 2009 | |||
| 42 | Spain | 28.05 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 27.48 billion | 2008 | |||
| 43 | Ukraine | 26.5 billion | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Chile | 25.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Colombia | 24.99 billion | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Belgium | 23.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 47 | Morocco | 23.57 billion | 2009 | ||
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 23.18 billion | 2009 | ||
| 49 | Kuwait | 23.03 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 19.85 billion | 2009 | |||
| 50 | Qatar | 18.8 billion | 2009 | ||
| 51 | Bulgaria | 18.52 billion | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Syria | 18.3 billion | 2009 | ||
| 53 | Austria | 17.9 billion | 2009 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 17.67 billion | 2009 | |||
| 54 | Vietnam | 16.45 billion | 2009 | ||
| 55 | Portugal | 15.83 billion | 2009 | ||
| 56 | New Zealand | 15.59 billion | 2009 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 15.49 billion | 2005 | |||
| 57 | Serbia and Montenegro | 15.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 58 | Croatia | 14.89 billion | 2009 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 14.47 billion | 2004 | |||
| 59 | Angola | 13.66 billion | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Pakistan | 13.61 billion | 2009 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 12.52 billion | 2009 | |||
| 61 | Oman | 12.2 billion | 2009 | ||
| 62 | Jordan | 12.14 billion | 2009 | ||
| 63 | Finland | 11.43 billion | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Tunisia | 11.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Bangladesh | 10.34 billion | 2009 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 9.51 billion | 1999 | |||
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.24 billion | 2009 | ||
| 67 | Botswana | 8.7 billion | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Bolivia | 8.57 billion | 2009 | ||
| 69 | Uruguay | 8.04 billion | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Latvia | 6.9 billion | 2009 | ||
| 71 | Lithuania | 6.66 billion | 2009 | ||
| 72 | Belarus | 5.64 billion | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Greece | 5.49 billion | 2009 | ||
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 5.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 75 | Guatemala | 5.2 billion | 2009 | ||
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 4.8 billion | 2009 | ||
| 77 | Costa Rica | 4.07 billion | 2009 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 3.98 billion | 1999 | |||
| 78 | Estonia | 3.98 billion | 2009 | ||
| 79 | Iceland | 3.88 billion | 2009 | ||
| 80 | Paraguay | 3.86 billion | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Kenya | 3.85 billion | 2009 | ||
| 82 | Congo, Republic of the | 3.82 billion | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Ecuador | 3.79 billion | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.77 billion | 2008 | |||
| 84 | Cameroon | 3.71 billion | 2009 | ||
| 85 | Tanzania | 3.47 billion | 2009 | ||
| 86 | Cambodia | 3.29 billion | 2009 | ||
| 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.27 billion | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.25 billion | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.25 billion | 2009 | ||
| 90 | El Salvador | 3.12 billion | 2009 | ||
| 91 | Panama | 3.03 billion | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Uganda | 2.99 billion | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 2.91 billion | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 2.63 billion | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Honduras | 2.49 billion | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Albania | 2.37 billion | 2009 | ||
| 97 | Mauritius | 2.32 billion | 2009 | ||
| 98 | Ghana | 2.27 billion | 2006 | ||
| 99 | Ireland | 2.15 billion | 2009 | ||
| 100 | Senegal | 2.12 billion | 2009 | ||
| 101 | Georgia | 2.11 billion | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Jamaica | 2.08 billion | 2009 | ||
| 103 | Namibia | 2.05 billion | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Gabon | 2.01 billion | 2009 | ||
| 105 | Bahrain | 2.01 billion | 2004 | ||
| 106 | Armenia | 2 billion | 2009 | ||
| 107 | Zambia | 1.89 billion | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Ethiopia | 1.78 billion | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Mozambique | 1.66 billion | 2008 | ||
| 110 | Mali | 1.6 billion | 2009 | ||
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.58 billion | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Nicaragua | 1.57 billion | 2009 | ||
| 113 | Nepal | 1.57 billion | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 1.51 billion | 1999 | ||
| 115 | Moldova | 1.48 billion | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Burma | 1.38 billion | 2006 | ||
| 117 | Brunei | 1.36 billion | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Mongolia | 1.33 billion | 2009 | ||
| 119 | Netherlands Antilles | 1.32 billion | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Burkina Faso | 1.3 billion | 2009 | ||
| 121 | Cyprus | 1.28 billion | 2009 | ||
| 122 | Uzbekistan | 1.24 billion | 1999 | ||
| 123 | Benin | 1.23 billion | 2009 | ||
| 124 | Madagascar | 1.14 billion | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Sudan | 1.09 billion | 2009 | ||
| 126 | Slovenia | 1.08 billion | 2009 | ||
| 127 | Laos | 1.01 billion | 2009 | ||
| 128 | The Bahamas | 1.01 billion | 2009 | ||
| 129 | Swaziland | 958.87 million | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Barbados | 871.15 million | 2009 | ||
| 131 | Luxembourg | 808.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 132 | Haiti | 790.02 million | 2009 | ||
| 133 | Bhutan | 764.8 million | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Rwanda | 742.74 million | 2009 | ||
| 135 | Suriname | 721.69 million | 2009 | ||
| 136 | San Marino | 706.79 million | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Togo | 703.16 million | 2009 | ||
| 138 | Slovakia | 692.22 million | 2009 | ||
| 139 | Aruba | 686.97 million | 2009 | ||
| 140 | Lesotho | 658.4 million | 2006 | ||
| 141 | Niger | 655.54 million | 2009 | ||
| 142 | Guyana | 631.41 million | 2009 | ||
| 143 | Chad | 628.8 million | 2009 | ||
| 144 | Malta | 538.51 million | 2009 | ||
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 404.96 million | 2009 | ||
| 146 | Cape Verde | 366.21 million | 2009 | ||
| 147 | Burundi | 323.09 million | 2009 | ||
| 148 | Fiji | 318.85 million | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Maldives | 260.98 million | 2009 | ||
| 150 | East Timor | 249.93 million | 2009 | ||
| 151 | Djibouti | 241.83 million | 2009 | ||
| 152 | Mauritania | 237.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 153 | The Gambia | 224.18 million | 2009 | ||
| 154 | Central African Republic | 222.69 million | 2009 | ||
| 155 | Belize | 213.68 million | 2009 | ||
| 156 | Tajikistan | 203.82 million | 2006 | ||
| 157 | Seychelles | 190.55 million | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 174.8 million | 2009 | ||
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 168.59 million | 2009 | ||
| 160 | Samoa | 165.85 million | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Malawi | 163.28 million | 2009 | ||
| 162 | Liberia | 160.86 million | 2008 | ||
| 163 | Vanuatu | 148.61 million | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 145.99 million | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 136.41 million | 2009 | ||
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 131.69 million | 2002 | ||
| 167 | Grenada | 129.08 million | 2009 | ||
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 127.86 million | 2009 | ||
| 169 | Comoros | 112.66 million | 2008 | ||
| 170 | Guinea | 97.14 million | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Tonga | 95.7 million | 2009 | ||
| 172 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 87.82 million | 2009 | ||
| 173 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 77.73 million | 2008 | ||
| 174 | Dominica | 75.46 million | 2009 | ||
| 175 | Eritrea | 57.9 million | 2008 | ||
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.33 million | 2007 | ||
| 177 | Somalia | 23.11 million | 1989 | ||
| 178 | Cuba | 0.0 | 1974 |
