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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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 ...
#128 Sudan :$67.62
per capita 2005 ...
#129 Cameroon :$59.11
per capita 2005 ...
#130 Burkina Faso :$57.76
per capita 2005 ...
#131 Tanzania :$54.11
per capita 2005 ...
#132 Gambia, The :$54.05
per capita 2005 ...
#133 Mozambique :$53.10
per capita 2005 ...
#134 Kenya :$52.52
per capita 2005 ...
#135 Togo :$51.75
per capita 2005 ...
#136 Zambia :$47.98
per capita 2005 ...
#137 Uganda :$44.63
per capita 2005 ...
#138 Laos :$42.03
per capita 2005 ...
#139 Rwanda :$39.50
per capita 2005 ...
#140 Madagascar :$30.74
per capita 2005 ...
#141 Chad :$30.47
per capita 2005 ...
#142 Tajikistan :$28.71
per capita 2005 ...
#143 Bangladesh :$19.92
per capita 2005 ...
#144 Ethiopia :$17.21
per capita 2005 ...
#145 Burma :$15.10
per capita 2005 ...
#146 Burundi :$13.91
per capita 2005 ...
#147 Zimbabwe :$12.30
per capita 2005 ...
#148 Haiti :$11.73
per capita 2005 ...
#149 Malawi :$11.72
per capita 2005 ...
#150 Guinea :$7.43
per capita 2005 ...
#151 Eritrea :$6.82
per capita 2005 ...
Weighted average:
$1,437.20
per capita
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.
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