DEFINITION
Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current U.S. dollars.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
55,600,000,000 $
2004 ...
#2
China :
25,571,430,000 $
2005 ...
#3
India :
23,498,480,000 $
2005 ...
#4
Russia :
20,717,820,000 $
2005 ...
#5
Mexico :
19,131,470,000 $
2005 ...
#6
Turkey :
18,894,700,000 $
2005 ...
#7
Brazil :
17,874,750,000 $
2005 ...
#8
Iran :
11,155,780,000 $
2005 ...
#9
France :
10,094,640,000 $
2005 ...
#10
Algeria :
6,334,713,000 $
2005 ...
#11
Korea, South :
6,065,207,000 $
2005 ...
#12
Canada :
5,979,247,000 $
2004 ...
#13
Italy :
5,673,051,000 $
2005 ...
#14
Norway :
5,632,596,000 $
2005 ...
#15
Belgium :
5,514,613,000 $
2005 ...
#16
Thailand :
4,710,974,000 $
2005 ...
#17
Saudi Arabia :
3,797,705,000 $
2005 ...
#18
Venezuela :
3,737,200,000 $
2005 ...
#19
United Kingdom :
3,723,636,000 $
2005 ...
#20
Spain :
3,609,004,000 $
2005 ...
#21
Poland :
2,597,904,000 $
2005 ...
#22
South Africa :
2,564,869,000 $
2005 ...
#23
Switzerland :
-2,105,187,000 $
2004 ...
#24
United Arab Emirates :
2,103,199,000 $
2005 ...
#25
Finland :
2,032,086,000 $
2005 ...
#26
Pakistan :
1,746,981,000 $
2005 ...
#27
Germany :
1,604,278,000 $
2005 ...
#28
Australia :
1,561,259,000 $
2004 ...
#29
Kazakhstan :
1,485,212,000 $
2005 ...
#30
Austria :
1,367,989,000 $
2005 ...
#31
Argentina :
1,344,631,000 $
1979 ...
#32
Portugal :
1,339,634,000 $
2005 ...
#33
Costa Rica :
1,330,633,000 $
2005 ...
#34
Sudan :
1,324,233,000 $
2005 ...
#35
Czech Republic :
1,261,661,000 $
2005 ...
#36
Guatemala :
1,225,567,000 $
2005 ...
#37
Vietnam :
1,216,793,000 $
2005 ...
#38
Israel :
1,172,905,000 $
2005 ...
#39
Bulgaria :
1,127,051,000 $
2005 ...
#40
Slovakia :
1,120,141,000 $
2005 ...
#41
New Zealand :
1,085,968,000 $
2004 ...
#42
Croatia :
1,056,322,000 $
2005 ...
#43
Botswana :
1,045,179,000 $
2005 ...
#44
Chile :
991,647,700 $
2005 ...
#45
Ireland :
978,768,300 $
2004 ...
#46
Ecuador :
852,087,000 $
2005 ...
#47
Qatar :
811,263,700 $
2005 ...
#48
Indonesia :
754,608,600 $
2005 ...
#49
Nepal :
734,706,700 $
2005 ...
#50
Latvia :
689,726,000 $
2005 ...
#51
Lithuania :
685,753,200 $
2005 ...
#52
Denmark :
683,008,200 $
2005 ...
#53
Slovenia :
556,170,000 $
2005 ...
#54
Honduras :
543,578,900 $
2005 ...
#55
Hungary :
522,590,900 $
2005 ...
#56
Belarus :
501,620,400 $
2005 ...
#57
Luxembourg :
404,551,700 $
2005 ...
#58
Estonia :
352,359,400 $
2005 ...
#59
Panama :
332,867,700 $
2005 ...
#60
Syria :
313,239,300 $
1974 ...
#61
Colombia :
250,704,700 $
2005 ...
#62
Azerbaijan :
230,162,000 $
2005 ...
#63
Philippines :
228,894,500 $
2005 ...
#64
Morocco :
225,606,300 $
2005 ...
#65
Tunisia :
220,354,700 $
2005 ...
#66
Sweden :
218,918,500 $
2005 ...
#67
Turkmenistan :
194,039,300 $
1996 ...
#68
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
192,265,800 $
1999 ...
#69
Macedonia, Republic of :
160,756,600 $
2005 ...
#70
Moldova :
158,488,300 $
2005 ...
#71
Yemen :
154,081,600 $
2004 ...
#72
Senegal :
149,101,200 $
2005 ...
#73
Côte d'Ivoire :
148,026,200 $
2004 ...
#74
Papua New Guinea :
146,647,000 $
1999 ...
#75
Ukraine :
145,834,500 $
2005 ...
#76
Cambodia :
130,461,300 $
2005 ...
#77
Greece :
129,337,100 $
2005 ...
#78
Paraguay :
128,589,600 $
2005 ...
#79
Mauritius :
122,563,900 $
2005 ...
#80
Bahrain :
121,279,800 $
2004 ...
#81
Kuwait :
114,976,500 $
1999 ...
#82
Cyprus :
110,640,000 $
1999 ...
#83
Cameroon :
103,644,700 $
2004 ...
#84
Bolivia :
89,980,180 $
2005 ...
#85
Jordan :
88,857,420 $
1991 ...
#86
Dominican Republic :
85,028,000 $
2005 ...
#87
Malta :
83,815,030 $
2005 ...
#88
Zambia :
80,865,210 $
2005 ...
#89
Mongolia :
70,709,940 $
2005 ...
#90
El Salvador :
70,500,000 $
2004 ...
#91
Chad :
68,369,090 $
2005 ...
#92
Afghanistan :
52,456,700 $
2005 ...
#93
Egypt :
49,964,190 $
2005 ...
#94
Libya :
47,218,810 $
2002 ...
#95
Nicaragua :
47,166,770 $
2005 ...
#96
Uruguay :
44,907,480 $
2005 ...
#97
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
43,638,610 $
1996 ...
#98
Trinidad and Tobago :
42,083,330 $
1984 ...
#99
Tajikistan :
34,680,460 $
2005 ...
#100
Macau :
29,894,690 $
2002 ...
#101
Puerto Rico :
29,800,000 $
1991 ...
#102
Benin :
28,627,330 $
2005 ...
#103
Georgia :
27,583,440 $
2005 ...
#104
Suriname :
23,536,580 $
1989 ...
#105
Congo, Republic of the :
22,750,200 $
2005 ...
#106
Uganda :
20,325,220 $
2005 ...
#107
Namibia :
19,922,000 $
2005 ...
#108
Belize :
19,250,000 $
2005 ...
#109
Fiji :
18,791,690 $
2000 ...
#110
Armenia :
18,401,320 $
2005 ...
#111
Malawi :
17,169,880 $
2005 ...
#112
Tanzania :
16,443,830 $
2005 ...
#113
Eritrea :
15,556,480 $
1992 ...
#114
Guyana :
13,569,620 $
1990 ...
#115
Gambia, The :
13,372,930 $
2004 ...
#116
Mali :
12,216,340 $
1977 ...
#117
Swaziland :
11,707,080 $
1997 ...
#118
Liberia :
10,000,000 $
1986 ...
#119
Mauritania :
9,403,902 $
1984 ...
#120
Albania :
9,000,000 $
1989 ...
#121
Dominica :
8,520,113 $
2003 ...
#122
Comoros :
6,309,725 $
2004 ...
#123
Sierra Leone :
6,246,949 $
1991 ...
#124
Nigeria :
5,508,997 $
1997 ...
#125
Somalia :
5,502,435 $
1990 ...
#126
Niger :
5,161,735 $
2003 ...
#127
Barbados :
4,574,156 $
2004 ...
#128
Grenada :
4,444,445 $
1995 ...
#129
Gabon :
3,714,202 $
1996 ...