Economy > Balance of payments > Financial > Reserves: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Changes in net reserves is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. These include changes in holdings of monetary gold, SDRs, foreign exchange assets, reserve position in the International Monetary Fund, and other claims on nonresidents that are available to the central authority. The measure is net of liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves, and counterpart items for valuation changes and exceptional financing items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Japan	306.93 billion	2009
2	European Union	281.93 billion	2009
3	Netherlands	233.3 billion	2009
4	Sweden	100.85 billion	2009
5	Saudi Arabia	32.64 billion	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	29.14 billion	2009
6	Portugal	26.33 billion	2009
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	20.72 billion	2009
7	Norway	17.07 billion	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.89 billion	2009
8	Ireland	15.63 billion	2009
	Eurozone average (profile)	12.63 billion	2009
9	Ukraine	11.71 billion	2009
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	11.51 billion	2009
10	Venezuela	10.81 billion	2009
11	Nigeria	10.51 billion	2009
	European Union average (profile)	10 billion	2009
12	Vietnam	7.76 billion	2009
13	Chile	7 billion	2009
14	Romania	6.96 billion	2009
	Europe average (profile)	6.96 billion	2009
15	Russia	6.53 billion	2009
	NATO countries average (profile)	6.33 billion	2009
16	Angola	5 billion	2009
17	Hungary	3.78 billion	2009
18	Ethiopia	1.33 billion	2009
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	1.24 billion	2009
19	Austria	1.05 billion	2009
20	Azerbaijan	962.95 million	2009
21	Slovakia	756.61 million	2009
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	742.58 million	2009
22	Ecuador	686.12 million	2009
23	Botswana	624.31 million	2009
24	Belarus	414.38 million	2009
25	Honduras	346.85 million	2009
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	327.05 million	2009
27	Sudan	291.86 million	2009
28	Papua New Guinea	287.26 million	2009
29	Moldova	185.76 million	2009
30	Morocco	147.86 million	2009
31	Bahrain	118.48 million	2009
32	Cyprus	88.96 million	2009
33	Zimbabwe	85.77 million	1994
34	Burkina Faso	65.69 million	2008
35	Eritrea	61.15 million	2000
36	Jamaica	29.29 million	2009
37	Albania	28.32 million	2009
38	Lesotho	27.54 million	2009
39	Somalia	20.39 million	1989
40	Haiti	16.15 million	2009
41	Tonga	11.46 million	2008
42	Antigua and Barbuda	10.21 million	2009
43	Kiribati	5.97 million	1994
44	Cape Verde	4.19 million	2009
45	Comoros	3.37 million	1995
46	Senegal	2.59 million	2008
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.6 million	2009
48	Swaziland	328,778.47	2009
=49	French Polynesia	0.0	2009
=49	New Caledonia	0.0	2009
51	Nepal	-393,923.5	2009
52	Madagascar	-4,596,546.33	2005
53	Equatorial Guinea	-4,705,133.94	1996
54	Vanuatu	-9,038,874.94	2007
55	Estonia	-9,055,069.09	2009
56	Sao Tome and Principe	-11,026,638.21	2009
57	Grenada	-13,992,224.92	2009
58	Mali	-14,144,403.78	2008
59	Dominica	-14,841,048.1	2009
60	Guinea-Bissau	-15,026,726.4	2008
61	Maldives	-15,318,801.97	2009
62	Iceland	-16,883,978.73	2009
63	Chad	-17,966,073.59	1994
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-22,580,344.53	2009
65	Slovenia	-30,779,783.4	2009
66	Saint Lucia	-31,920,070.89	2009
67	Aruba	-33,575,418.99	2009
68	Belize	-40,029,765.61	2009
69	Central African Republic	-45,701,475.36	1994
70	Samoa	-48,152,533.86	2009
71	Syria	-50,396,152.61	2008
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	-50,809,509.131	1994
72	Mauritania	-53,200,935.34	1998
73	The Gambia	-54,058,637.59	2009
74	Solomon Islands	-56,220,064.2	2009
75	Guyana	-58,619,763.57	2008
76	Barbados	-65,452,904.16	2009
77	Djibouti	-66,037,155.73	2009
78	Laos	-73,696,463.34	2009
79	Burundi	-81,581,064.57	2009
80	Lithuania	-82,745,069.35	2009
81	Congo, Republic of the	-88,084,285.68	2007
82	Malawi	-89,960,637.99	2002
83	Sierra Leone	-91,657,736.74	2009
	Former French colonies average (profile)	-92,088,578.677	1994
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	-103,938,297.857	2009
84	Benin	-107,788,874.53	2008
85	Turkmenistan	-111,189,998.63	1997
86	Cambodia	-114,998,174.39	2009
87	Seychelles	-116,002,574.76	2009
88	Namibia	-118,929,339.06	2009
89	Tajikistan	-120,704,138.63	2009
90	Togo	-129,240,985.05	2008
91	Malta	-133,385,517.76	2009
92	Niger	-140,323,306.9	2008
93	Rwanda	-152,026,174.91	2009
94	Brunei	-153,686,033.06	2009
95	Armenia	-165,225,438.39	2009
96	Fiji	-188,287,474.92	2009
97	Suriname	-193,104,739.32	2009
98	Mozambique	-196,939,379.56	2009
99	Bulgaria	-224,703,828.88	2009
100	Guinea	-236,359,573.8	2009
101	The Bahamas	-252,290,219.68	2009
102	Costa Rica	-259,887,613.29	2009
103	Kyrgyzstan	-264,805,390.46	2009
104	Netherlands Antilles	-300,905,027.93	2009
105	Georgia	-306,282,108.62	2009
106	Liberia	-310,357,230.08	2009
107	Gabon	-323,968,951.76	2005
108	Cameroon	-324,247,121.46	2009
109	Uganda	-353,404,154.5	2009
110	Dominican Republic	-368,278,861.99	2009
111	Tanzania	-374,048,542.87	2009
112	Mauritius	-384,653,017.07	2009
113	Nicaragua	-387,128,022.9	2009
114	Burma	-422,902,527.13	2006
115	Luxembourg	-446,288,160.89	2009
116	Guatemala	-470,562,220.72	2009
117	Bolivia	-540,194,907.28	2009
118	Mongolia	-554,747,148.83	2009
119	Panama	-608,825,761.96	2009
120	El Salvador	-645,765,119.32	2009
121	Latvia	-645,807,055.68	2009
122	Cote d'Ivoire	-760,236,552.35	2009
	Former British colonies average (profile)	-761,612,533.944	2008
123	Turkey	-918,973,978.42	2009
124	Paraguay	-927,242,376.93	2009
125	Ghana	-1,029,371,218.54	2009
126	Algeria	-1,047,278,527.83	1991
127	Oman	-1,076,334,614.29	2009
128	Kenya	-1,126,162,043.47	2009
129	Zambia	-1,163,658,538.72	2009
130	Argentina	-1,326,662,862.45	2009
131	Australia	-1,402,666,992.08	2008
132	Colombia	-1,441,096,952.35	2009
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	-1,458,984,539.795	2009
133	Uruguay	-1,586,862,738.74	2009
134	Tunisia	-1,638,855,870.75	2009
135	Czech Republic	-1,706,304,837.81	2009
136	Serbia and Montenegro	-1,779,846,607.13	2009
137	Croatia	-1,836,295,831.99	2009
138	Peru	-1,938,255,829.15	2009
139	Pakistan	-1,985,334,320.82	2009
140	Kazakhstan	-2,089,903,280	2009
141	Greece	-2,363,907,852.99	2009
	Catholic countries average (profile)	-2,413,690,119.656	1996
142	Finland	-2,516,330,096.93	2009
143	Trinidad and Tobago	-2,731,612,692.97	2008
144	Sri Lanka	-2,735,428,520.52	2009
145	Jordan	-3,127,519,128.29	2009
146	New Zealand	-3,561,301,513.67	2009
147	Kuwait	-3,758,608,922.84	2009
148	Malaysia	-3,885,890,572.32	2009
149	South Africa	-4,171,072,727.12	2009
150	Bangladesh	-4,360,354,085.13	2009
151	Philippines	-4,508,264,852.56	2009
152	Libya	-5,188,160,939.19	2009
153	Mexico	-5,703,336,500.64	2009
154	Spain	-5,970,207,559.12	2009
155	Belgium	-6,968,027,234.07	2009
156	Lebanon	-8,935,369,952.75	2009
157	Italy	-9,002,780,104.71	2009
158	France	-9,349,886,110.01	2009
159	United Kingdom	-9,559,688,323.44	2009
160	Canada	-10,469,828,285.67	2009
161	Singapore	-11,807,708,342.19	2009
162	Germany	-12,355,700,134.52	2009
163	Indonesia	-12,505,566,040.08	2009
164	Poland	-14,761,225,460.31	2009
165	Israel	-16,591,518,072.82	2009
166	India	-16,820,364,915.9	2009
167	Iraq	-18,650,625,320.92	2008
	Emerging markets average (profile)	-19,716,004,309.632	2009
168	Thailand	-20,996,068,464.24	2009
169	Switzerland	-30,495,422,500.81	2009
170	Denmark	-30,684,866,472.42	2009
171	Brazil	-47,255,362,197.62	2009
172	United States	-52,181,533,779.94	2009
173	China	-400,508,412,140.22	2009

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