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.
Industry Statistics > Changes in inventories > current US$ (most recent) by country
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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 ...