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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Economy Statistics > Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (per capita) (most recent) by country
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2003
2004
2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Singapore :
$26,670.97
per capita
2005 ...
#2
Hong Kong :
$17,901.38
per capita
2005 ...
#3
Norway :
$10,163.74
per capita
2005 ...
#4
Switzerland :
$7,750.33
per capita
2005 ...
#5
Libya :
$6,782.32
per capita
2005 ...
#6
Japan :
$6,538.89
per capita
2005 ...
#7
Malta :
$6,391.57
per capita
2005 ...
#8
Denmark :
$6,283.26
per capita
2005 ...
#9
Qatar :
$5,600.10
per capita
2005 ...
#10
United Arab Emirates :
$5,190.66
per capita
2005 ...
#11
Cyprus :
$4,777.59
per capita
2003 ...
#12
Lebanon :
$4,646.59
per capita
2005 ...
#13
Korea, South :
$4,356.64
per capita
2005 ...
#14
Equatorial Guinea :
$4,176.60
per capita
2005 ...
#15
Slovenia :
$4,078.98
per capita
2005 ...
#16
Israel :
$4,052.80
per capita
2005 ...
#17
Trinidad and Tobago :
$3,744.92
per capita
2005 ...
#18
Iceland :
$3,602.36
per capita
2005 ...
#19
Botswana :
$3,574.65
per capita
2005 ...
#20
Kuwait :
$3,538.63
per capita
2005 ...
#21
Bahrain :
$3,347.02
per capita
2005 ...
#22
Czech Republic :
$2,868.84
per capita
2005 ...
#23
Slovakia :
$2,778.91
per capita
2005 ...
#24
Malaysia :
$2,770.70
per capita
2005 ...
#25
Sweden :
$2,474.50
per capita
2005 ...
#26
Finland :
$2,173.04
per capita
2005 ...
#27
New Zealand :
$2,169.61
per capita
2005 ...
#28
Australia :
$2,127.99
per capita
2005 ...
#29
Croatia :
$1,980.49
per capita
2005 ...
#30
Hungary :
$1,842.96
per capita
2005 ...
#31
Algeria :
$1,722.18
per capita
2005 ...
#32
Oman :
$1,697.71
per capita
2005 ...
#33
Estonia :
$1,447.14
per capita
2005 ...
#34
Austria :
$1,436.85
per capita
2005 ...
#35
Russia :
$1,273.12
per capita
2005 ...
#36
Netherlands :
$1,258.59
per capita
2005 ...
#37
Bulgaria :
$1,254.13
per capita
2005 ...
#38
Germany :
$1,233.19
per capita
2005 ...
#39
France :
$1,221.56
per capita
2005 ...
#40
Saudi Arabia :
$1,157.49
per capita
2005 ...
#41
Belgium :
$1,145.19
per capita
2005 ...
#42
Italy :
$1,125.29
per capita
2005 ...
#43
Venezuela :
$1,115.25
per capita
2005 ...
#44
Poland :
$1,115.15
per capita
2005 ...
#45
Lithuania :
$1,108.57
per capita
2005 ...
#46
Mauritius :
$1,098.73
per capita
2005 ...
#47
Chile :
$1,038.96
per capita
2005 ...
#48
Latvia :
$1,026.30
per capita
2005 ...
#49
Canada :
$1,022.32
per capita
2005 ...
#50
Romania :
$998.41
per capita
2005 ...
#51
Jordan :
$998.17
per capita
2005 ...
#52
Portugal :
$982.04
per capita
2005 ...
#53
Uruguay :
$889.06
per capita
2005 ...
#54
Jamaica :
$817.48
per capita
2005 ...
#55
Thailand :
$808.00
per capita
2005 ...
#56
United Kingdom :
$807.95
per capita
2005 ...
#57
Turkey :
$728.37
per capita
2005 ...
#58
Argentina :
$724.96
per capita
2005 ...
#59
Mexico :
$718.80
per capita
2005 ...
#60
Iran :
$666.07
per capita
2005 ...
#61
Serbia and Montenegro :
$663.42
per capita
2005 ...
#62
Macedonia, Republic of :
$659.27
per capita
2005 ...
#63
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
$647.80
per capita
2005 ...
#64
China :
$632.89
per capita
2005 ...
#65
Turkmenistan :
$613.04
per capita
2005 ...
#66
Luxembourg :
$611.11
per capita
2005 ...
#67
Morocco :
$545.94
per capita
2005 ...
#68
Costa Rica :
$534.52
per capita
2005 ...
#69
Peru :
$507.00
per capita
2005 ...
#70
Gabon :
$487.92
per capita
2005 ...
#71
Seychelles :
$485.24
per capita
2005 ...
#72
Albania :
$466.82
per capita
2005 ...
#73
Kazakhstan :
$466.79
per capita
2005 ...
#74
South Africa :
$439.98
per capita
2005 ...
#75
Tunisia :
$436.24
per capita
2005 ...
#76
Ukraine :
$411.89
per capita
2005 ...
#77
Tonga :
$399.08
per capita
2005 ...
#78
Spain :
$397.02
per capita
2005 ...
#79
Samoa :
$379.22
per capita
2005 ...
#80
Panama :
$374.75
per capita
2005 ...
#81
Guyana :
$347.44
per capita
2005 ...
#82
Colombia :
$328.07
per capita
2005 ...
#83
Honduras :
$324.65
per capita
2005 ...
#84
Lesotho :
$319.26
per capita
2005 ...
#85
Belize :
$298.15
per capita
2005 ...
#86
Cape Verde :
$295.97
per capita
2005 ...
#87
Yemen :
$292.88
per capita
2005 ...
#88
Guatemala :
$291.53
per capita
2005 ...
#89
Egypt :
$288.93
per capita
2005 ...
#90
Brazil :
$288.62
per capita
2005 ...
#91
Syria :
$281.62
per capita
2005 ...
#92
Swaziland :
$274.98
per capita
2005 ...
#93
El Salvador :
$266.39
per capita
2005 ...
#94
Armenia :
$250.27
per capita
2005 ...
#95
United States :
$233.43
per capita
2005 ...
#96
Cuba :
$232.31
per capita
2005 ...
#97
Philippines :
$222.75
per capita
2005 ...
#98
Paraguay :
$219.88
per capita
2005 ...
#99
Nigeria :
$215.01
per capita
2005 ...
#100
Ireland :
$209.01
per capita
2005 ...
#101
Dominican Republic :
$208.32
per capita
2005 ...
#102
Greece :
$205.96
per capita
2005 ...
#103
Angola :
$200.55
per capita
2005 ...
#104
Vanuatu :
$199.41
per capita
2003 ...
#105
Bolivia :
$195.82
per capita
2005 ...
#106
Ecuador :
$162.38
per capita
2005 ...
#107
Indonesia :
$156.78
per capita
2005 ...
#108
Namibia :
$153.65
per capita
2005 ...
#109
Azerbaijan :
$142.11
per capita
2005 ...
#110
Moldova :
$142.07
per capita
2005 ...
#111
Nicaragua :
$141.34
per capita
2005 ...
#112
Sri Lanka :
$139.46
per capita
2005 ...
#113
São Tomé and Príncipe :
$127.78
per capita
2005 ...
#114
Papua New Guinea :
$127.19
per capita
2005 ...
#115
Belarus :
$124.29
per capita
2005 ...
#116
India :
$124.25
per capita
2005 ...
#117
Kyrgyzstan :
$119.04
per capita
2005 ...
#118
Vietnam :
$106.63
per capita
2005 ...
#119
Georgia :
$105.98
per capita
2005 ...
#120
Uzbekistan :
$102.46
per capita
2005 ...
#121
Senegal :
$102.16
per capita
2005 ...
#122
Ghana :
$85.79
per capita
2005 ...
#123
Cambodia :
$81.37
per capita
2005 ...
#124
Benin :
$80.11
per capita
2005 ...
#125
Côte d'Ivoire :
$78.22
per capita
2005 ...
#126
Pakistan :
$70.30
per capita
2005 ...
#127
Congo, Republic of the :
$68.27
per capita
2005