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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.
Industry Statistics > Changes in inventories > current US$ (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
26,600,000,000 $
1978
Industry in United States
# 2
China :
12,357,720,000 $
1978
Industry in China
# 3
France :
7,020,930,000 $
1978
Industry in France
# 4
Germany :
6,217,721,000 $
1978
Industry in Germany
# 5
Saudi Arabia :
4,876,456,000 $
1978
Industry in Saudi Arabia
# 6
India :
4,486,610,000 $
1978
Industry in India
# 7
Japan :
4,321,784,000 $
1978
Industry in Japan
# 8
United Kingdom :
3,459,252,000 $
1978
Industry in United Kingdom
# 9
Mexico :
2,598,031,000 $
1978
Industry in Mexico
# 10
Belgium :
1,676,444,000 $
1978
Industry in Belgium
# 11
Venezuela :
1,668,233,000 $
1978
Industry in Venezuela
# 12
Australia :
1,588,646,000 $
1978
Industry in Australia
# 13
Brazil :
1,538,143,000 $
1978
Industry in Brazil
# 14
Philippines :
1,227,708,000 $
1978
Industry in Philippines
# 15
Hungary :
1,191,137,000 $
1978
Industry in Hungary
# 16
Algeria :
958,168,400 $
1978
Industry in Algeria
# 17
Spain :
852,213,600 $
1978
Industry in Spain
# 18
Canada :
834,575,200 $
1978
Industry in Canada
# 19
Netherlands :
812,385,400 $
1978
Industry in Netherlands
# 20
Thailand :
698,269,100 $
1978
Industry in Thailand
# 21
Colombia :
665,046,700 $
1978
Industry in Colombia
# 22
Egypt :
630,685,200 $
1978
Industry in Egypt
# 23
Israel :
506,440,900 $
1978
Industry in Israel
# 24
Chile :
481,456,900 $
1978
Industry in Chile
# 25
Switzerland :
477,069,300 $
1978
Industry in Switzerland
# 26
Hong Kong :
441,320,600 $
1978
Industry in Hong Kong
# 27
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
301,436,600 $
1978
Industry in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 28
Portugal :
295,620,400 $
1978
Industry in Portugal
# 29
Singapore :
260,331,900 $
1978
Industry in Singapore
# 30
Kuwait :
250,860,800 $
1978
Industry in Kuwait
# 31
Kenya :
249,955,400 $
1978
Industry in Kenya
# 32
Sudan :
239,473,700 $
1978
Industry in Sudan
# 33
Korea, South :
195,041,300 $
1978
Industry in Korea, South
# 34
Ireland :
170,190,300 $
1978
Industry in Ireland
# 35
Austria :
147,730,500 $
1978
Industry in Austria
# 36
Zambia :
124,875,100 $
1978
Industry in Zambia
# 37
Puerto Rico :
124,700,000 $
1978
Industry in Puerto Rico
# 38
Trinidad and Tobago :
108,666,700 $
1978
Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
# 39
Pakistan :
101,010,100 $
1978
Industry in Pakistan
# 40
Dominican Republic :
98,300,000 $
1978
Industry in Dominican Republic
# 41
Guatemala :
94,700,000 $
1978
Industry in Guatemala
# 42
El Salvador :
87,680,000 $
1978
Industry in El Salvador
# 43
Bolivia :
72,733,340 $
1978
Industry in Bolivia
# 44
Malawi :
71,941,170 $
1978
Industry in Malawi
# 45
Morocco :
71,039,430 $
1978
Industry in Morocco
# 46
Senegal :
69,130,550 $
1978
Industry in Senegal
# 47
Libya :
67,555,930 $
1978
Industry in Libya
# 48
Papua New Guinea :
61,926,930 $
1978
Industry in Papua New Guinea
# 49
Paraguay :
51,277,780 $
1978
Industry in Paraguay
# 50
Cyprus :
48,395,720 $
1978
Industry in Cyprus
# 51
Honduras :
46,500,000 $
1978
Industry in Honduras
# 52
Jamaica :
44,860,880 $
1978
Industry in Jamaica
# 53
Botswana :
44,625,600 $
1978
Industry in Botswana
# 54
Somalia :
34,737,500 $
1978
Industry in Somalia
# 55
Congo, Republic of the :
34,566,040 $
1978
Industry in Congo, Republic of the
# 56
Malaysia :
33,761,780 $
1978
Industry in Malaysia
# 57
Denmark :
31,770,210 $
1978
Industry in Denmark
# 58
Luxembourg :
27,795,570 $
1978
Industry in Luxembourg
# 59
Nepal :
25,446,120 $
1978
Industry in Nepal
# 60
Mauritania :
24,045,490 $
1978
Industry in Mauritania
# 61
Rwanda :
23,050,410 $
1978
Industry in Rwanda
# 62
Costa Rica :
15,344,230 $
1978
Industry in Costa Rica
# 63
Malta :
12,454,590 $
1978
Industry in Malta
# 64
Fiji :
11,927,260 $
1978
Industry in Fiji
# 65
Ghana :
11,518,330 $
1978
Industry in Ghana
# 66
Central African Republic :
11,078,860 $
1978
Industry in Central African Republic
# 67
Iceland :
10,180,370 $
1978
Industry in Iceland
# 68
Madagascar :
9,749,396 $
1978
Industry in Madagascar
# 69
Bahamas, The :
8,500,000 $
1978
Industry in Bahamas, The
# 70
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,977,361 $
1978
Industry in Côte d'Ivoire
# 71
Guyana :
7,200,000 $
1978
Industry in Guyana
# 72
Lesotho :
6,896,552 $
1978
Industry in Lesotho
# 73
Sri Lanka :
2,113,935 $
1978
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 74
Tonga :
2,007,096 $
1978
Industry in Tonga
# 75
Grenada :
1,814,815 $
1978
Industry in Grenada
# 76
Uruguay :
1,320,132 $
1978
Industry in Uruguay
# 77
Barbados :
1,093,820 $
1978
Industry in Barbados
# 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
703,703.7 $
1978
Industry in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 79
Seychelles :
589,718.5 $
1978
Industry in Seychelles
# 80
Sierra Leone :
-3,438,264 $
1978
Industry in Sierra Leone
# 81
Swaziland :
-3,449,862 $
1978
Industry in Swaziland
# 82
Jordan :
-3,926,380 $
1978
Industry in Jordan
# 83
Argentina :
-12,654,920 $
1978
Industry in Argentina
# 84
Tunisia :
-16,820,050 $
1978
Industry in Tunisia
# 85
Nicaragua :
-39,957,610 $
1978
Industry in Nicaragua
# 86
Liberia :
-41,500,000 $
1978
Industry in Liberia
# 87
Peru :
-55,651,500 $
1978
Industry in Peru
# 88
Nigeria :
-81,458,970 $
1978
Industry in Nigeria
# 89
Zimbabwe :
-111,735,400 $
1978
Industry in Zimbabwe
# 90
Ecuador :
-118,056,600 $
1978
Industry in Ecuador
# 91
Gabon :
-156,000,700 $
1978
Industry in Gabon
# 92
New Zealand :
-281,107,400 $
1978
Industry in New Zealand
# 93
South Africa :
-362,250,000 $
1978
Industry in South Africa
# 94
United Arab Emirates :
-542,467,500 $
1978
Industry in United Arab Emirates
# 95
Cameroon :
-611,487,700 $
1978
Industry in Cameroon
# 96
Italy :
-615,788,300 $
1978
Industry in Italy
# 97
Finland :
-668,592,100 $
1978
Industry in Finland
# 98
Norway :
-678,519,000 $
1978
Industry in Norway
# 99
Turkey :
-1,211,814,000 $
1978
Industry in Turkey
# 100
Greece :
-1,260,668,000 $
1978
Industry in Greece
# 101
Sweden :
-1,407,702,000 $
1978
Industry in Sweden
# 102
Iran :
-11,340,690,000 $
1978
Industry in Iran
Total :
72,418,913,463.2 $
Weighted average:
709,989,347.7 $
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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