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
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
# 130
Sri Lanka :
3,016,958 $
2005
# 131
Micronesia, Federated States of :
2,400,000 $
1983
# 132
Bahamas, The :
2,000,000 $
1987
# 133
Burundi :
1,858,335 $
2005
# 134
Rwanda :
1,788,014 $
1989
# 135
Lesotho :
1,731,229 $
2005
# 136
Tonga :
1,478,495 $
2004
# 137
Ghana :
1,215,236 $
2002
# 138
Jamaica :
943,217.7 $
2005
# 139
Guinea :
246,955.9 $
2005
# 140
Kiribati :
183,607.5 $
1992
# 141
Vanuatu :
-426,108.8 $
1999
# 142
Maldives :
-807,136.8 $
1995
# 143
Cape Verde :
-822,036.8 $
1991
# 144
São Tomé and Príncipe :
-995,598.9 $
1990
# 145
Seychelles :
-1,035,008 $
2005
# 146
Bhutan :
-1,057,036 $
2004
# 147
Central African Republic :
-1,281,143 $
1999
# 148
Uzbekistan :
-3,349,213 $
2005
# 149
Kyrgyzstan :
-3,593,544 $
2005
# 150
Burkina Faso :
-8,094,560 $
1997
# 151
Iceland :
-13,694,390 $
2005
# 152
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
-30,667,040 $
2005
# 153
New Caledonia :
-37,939,650 $
1990
# 154
Malaysia :
-52,631,580 $
2005
# 155
Madagascar :
-64,001,300 $
1991
# 156
Serbia and Montenegro :
-75,122,670 $
2005
# 157
Togo :
-81,503,140 $
2005
# 158
Lebanon :
-85,572,140 $
2003
# 159
Angola :
-102,217,100 $
1999
# 160
Zimbabwe :
-115,960,700 $
2005
# 161
Peru :
-192,354,400 $
2005
# 162
Kenya :
-335,005,400 $
2005
# 163
Romania :
-403,616,100 $
2005
# 164
Hong Kong :
-653,823,100 $
2005
# 165
Netherlands :
-1,769,680,000 $
2005
# 166
Singapore :
-3,770,388,000 $
2005
# 167
Japan :
-8,702,074,000 $
2004
Total :
287,366,942,261.8 $
Weighted average:
1,720,760,133.3 $
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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