Reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006

Foreign exchange reserves (also called Forex reserves) in a strict sense are only the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. However, the term foreign exchange reserves in popular usage (such as this list) commonly includes foreign exchange and gold, SDRs and IMF reserve position as this total figure is more readily available, however it is accurately deemed as official reserves or international reserves. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 364 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 728 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/png) The global distribution of reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006, in billions of USD. The data was taken from https://www. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 364 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 728 pixel, file size: 123 KB, MIME type: image/png) The global distribution of reserves of foreign exchange and gold in 2006, in billions of USD. The data was taken from https://www. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Standard atomic weight 196. ... Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of International Monetary Fund members. ... The flag of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the international organization entrusted with overseeing the global financial system by monitoring foreign exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering technical and financial assistance when asked. ...

These are assets of the central banks which are held in different reserve currencies such as the dollar, euro, yen and pound, and which are used to back its liabilities, e.g. the local currency issued, and the various bank reserves deposited with the central bank, by the government or financial institutions. Before the end of the gold standard, gold was the preferred reserve. In business and accounting an asset is anything owned which can produce future economic benefit, whether in possession or by right to take possession, by a person or a group acting together, e. ... A reserve currency (or anchor currency) is a currency which is held in significant quantities by many governments and institutions as part of their foreign exchange reserves. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... “EUR” redirects here. ... Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ... Pound may refer to Look up pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bank reserves are banks holdings of deposits in accounts with their central bank (for instance the European Central Bank or the Federal Reserve, in the later case called federal funds), plus currency that is physically held in banks vaults (vault cash). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A financial institution acts as an agent that provides financial services for its clients. ... The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold. ...

This is a list of countries and territories by foreign exchange reserves in US dollar equivalence. Some nations have multiple monetary authorities, counted separately, such as China, which has three. Exchange rate fluctuations can have significant impact on these numbers. Foreign exchange reserves are the foreign currency deposits held by central banks and monetary authorities. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

List of States by Foreign Exchange Reserves

Rank Country/Monetary Authority Foreign exchange reserves (millions of USD) Date of info —  World (sum of all countries) $ 6,188,479 June 2007 —  People's Republic of China (includes Hong Kong and Macau who have different currencies) $ 1,479,700 June 2007 1 Mainland China (does not include Hong Kong and Macau central bank holdings) $ 1,332,600 June 2007 2  Japan $ 913,572 June 2007 — Eurozone (EU member states which have adopted the euro, incl. ECB) $ 439,342 June 2007 3  Russia $ 417,300 July 2007 4 Republic of China (Taiwan) $ 266,050 June 2007 5 South Korea $ 254,802 July 2007 6  India $ 225,035 July 2007 7  Brazil $ 156,581 August 2007 8  Singapore $ 147,021 July 2007 9  Hong Kong $ 136,300 June 2007 10  Germany $ 114,585 June 2007 11  France $ 98,701 June 2007 12  Malaysia $ 98,395 June 2007 13  United Kingdom $ 95,515 June 2007 14  Italy $ 80,789 June 2007 15  Mexico $ 77,934 June 2007 16  Algeria $ 77,780 December 2006 17  Thailand $ 73,200 July 2007 18  Turkey $ 70,657 June 2007 19  Australia $ 67,084 June 2007 20  United States $ 65,855 June 2007 21  Libya $ 65,419 April 2007 22  Switzerland $ 65,242 June 2007 23  Iran $ 60,012 December 2006 24  Norway $ 56,626 June 2007 — European Central Bank (ECB, reserves not wholly owned by any single EU member) $ 54,710 June 2007 25  Poland $ 54,441 June 2007 26  Indonesia $ 51,880 July 2007 27  Nigeria $ 43,307 July 2007 28  Argentina $ 43,157 June 2007 29  Canada $ 39,413 June 2007 30  Romania $ 31,902 June 2007 31  Denmark $ 31,329 May 2007 32  Czech Republic $ 31,199 June 2007 33  Sweden $ 29,330 June 2007 34  Egypt $ 29,191 May 2007 35  Israel $ 29,073 June 2007 36  South Africa $ 28,280 June 2007 37  Philippines $ 26,400 June 2007 38  Venezuela $ 26,025 July 2007 39  Ukraine $ 25,914 June 2007 40  United Arab Emirates $ 25,510 2006 est. 41  Saudi Arabia $ 24,959 April 2007 42  Netherlands $ 23,337 June 2007 43  Hungary $ 22,913 June 2007 44  Morocco $ 22,409 June 2007 45  Kazakhstan $ 21,430 June 2007 46  Kuwait $ 20,764 May 2007 47  Peru $ 20,977 June 2007 48  Colombia $ 19,999 June 2007 49  Lebanon $ 19,148 March 2007 50  Chile $ 17,897 June 2007 51  Slovakia $ 17,598 June 2007 52  Spain $ 17,384 June 2007 53  Vietnam $ 16,000 May 2006 54  Pakistan $ 15,758 July 2007 55  Iraq $ 15,650 2006 est. 56  New Zealand $ 15,566 May 2007 57  Austria $ 13,702 June 2007 58  Belgium $ 13,467 May 2007 59  Serbia $ 13,380 July 2007 60  Bulgaria $ 12,920 June 2007 61  Croatia $ 12,715 May 2007 62  Macau $ 10,800 May 2007 63  Portugal $ 9,826 June 2007 64  Yemen $ 8,636 April 2007 65  Botswana $ 7,445 2006 est. 66  Trinidad and Tobago $ 7,254 April 2007 67  Finland $ 7,225 June 2007 68  Tunisia $ 6,835 June 2007 69  Angola $ 6,750 2006 est. 70  Jordan $ 6,392 March 2007 71  Lithuania $ 6,139 June 2007 72 Oman $ 5,752 March 2007 73 Syria $ 5,500 2006 est. 74  Qatar $ 5,474 April 2007 75 Latvia $ 4,928 June 2007 76 Cyprus $ 4,709 April 2007 77 Bangladesh $ 4,439 May 2007 78 Guatemala $ 4,253 May 2007 79 Bolivia $ 3,900 June 2007 80 Sudan $ 3,552 2006 est. 81 Uruguay $ 3,527 May 2007 82 Turkmenistan $ 3,518 2006 est. 83 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,235 2006 est. 84 Malta $ 3,065 2006 est. 85 Uzbekistan $ 2,986 2006 est. 86 Bahrain $ 2,918 2006 est. 87 Greece $ 2,831 June 2007 88 Estonia $ 2,824 June 2007 89 Sri Lanka $ 2,810 2006 est. 90 Honduras $ 2,778 2006 est. 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 2,700 2006 est. 92 Kenya $ 2,680 April 2007 93 Cuba $ 2,618 2006 est. 94 Ecuador $ 2,514 2006 est. 95 Costa Rica $ 2,500 2006 est. 96 Tanzania $ 2,375 2006 est. 97 Belarus $ 2,344 June 2007 98 Iceland $ 2,314 June 2007 99 Jamaica $ 2,150 2006 est. 100 Dominican Republic $ 2,106 2006 est. 101 Ghana $ 2,098 2006 est. 102 El Salvador $ 2,046 April 2007 103 Republic of Macedonia $ 1,845 2006 est. 104 Albania $ 1,812 December 2006 105 Azerbaijan $ 1,800 2006 est. 106 Papua New Guinea $ 1,582 June 2007. 107 Paraguay $ 1,543 2006 est. 108 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,400 2006 est. 109 Uganda $ 1,400 2006 est. 110 Cambodia $ 1,385 2006 est. 111 Mauritius $ 1,358 2006 est. 112 Mozambique $ 1,353 2006 est. 113 Cameroon $ 1,336 2006 est. 114 Burkina Faso $ 1,328 2006 est. 115 Georgia $ 1300 June 2007 116 Panama $ 1,236 2006 est. 117 Slovenia $ 1,204 May 2007 118 Ethiopia $ 1,186 2006 est. 119 Senegal $ 1,180 2006 est. 120 Armenia $ 1,143 May 2007 121 Zambia $ 1,050 2006 est. 122 Myanmar $ 932 2006 est. 123 Kyrgyzstan $ 893 May 2007 124 Moldova $ 879 June 2007 125 Ireland $ 842 May 2007 126 Gabon $ 835 2006 est. 127 Nicaragua $ 723 2006 est. 128 Benin $ 607 2006 est. 129 Madagascar $ 563 2006 est. 130 Republic of the Congo $ 547 2006 est. 131 Lesotho $ 528 2006 est. 132 Namibia $ 480 2006 est. 133 Rwanda $ 423 2006 est. 134 Chad $ 353 2006 est. 135 Togo $ 334 2006 est. 136 Laos $ 317 2006 est. 137 Guyana $ 295 2006 est. 138 Luxembourg $ 259 May 2007 139 Swaziland $ 228 2006 est. 140 Tajikistan $ 209 2006 est. 141 Malawi $ 176 2006 est. 142 Cape Verde $ 166 2006 est. 143 Zimbabwe $ 140 2006 est. 144 Haiti $ 123 2006 est. 145 Gambia $ 88 2006 est. 146 Burundi $ 88 2006 est. 147 Belize $ 79 2006 est. 148 Samoa $ 70 2004 est. 149 Guinea $ 60 2006 est. 150 Seychelles $ 45 2006 est. 151 Tonga $ 41 2005 est. 152 Vanuatu $ 41 2003 est. 153 Eritrea $ 31 2006 est. 154 Sao Tome and Principe $ 25 2006 est.

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External links

Source

• The World Factbook, CIA
• IMF's data on current foreign exchange reserves of reporting countries
• SDDS subscribers with links to their websites containing data on international reserves
• Central bank websites from Bank for International Settlements