Economy > Reserves of foreign exchange and gold > Per capita: Countries Compared
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | $35,800.50 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 2 | Hong Kong | $21,875.50 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | $17,380.69 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 4 | Libya | $13,185.55 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 5 | Taiwan | $12,030.34 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 6 | Qatar | $10,749.22 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 7 | Norway | $10,685.54 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 8 | Malta | $9,450.58 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 9 | Cyprus | $8,252.83 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 10 | Iceland | $8,068.07 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 11 | Japan | $7,487.04 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | $6,977.49 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 13 | Kuwait | $6,697.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | $6,383.64 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 15 | Bahrain | $5,787.69 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 16 | Denmark | $5,596.36 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 17 | Botswana | $5,392.43 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 18 | South Korea | $5,346.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 19 | Lebanon | $5,235.00 per capita | 2007 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | $5,194.00 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 20 | Switzerland | $5,145.48 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 21 | Israel | $4,437.75 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | $4,269.18 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 22 | New Zealand | $4,191.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 23 | Malaysia | $4,073.12 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Slovakia | $3,484.17 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Czech Republic | $3,381.65 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 26 | Russia | $3,369.70 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 27 | Algeria | $3,318.01 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | $3,162.65 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 28 | Croatia | $3,042.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Oman | $2,971.70 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Slovenia | $2,827.93 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 31 | Latvia | $2,548.00 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 32 | Estonia | $2,484.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 33 | Sweden | $2,460.83 per capita | 2006 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | $2,425.11 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 34 | Hungary | $2,415.60 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 35 | Barbados | $2,206.83 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | $2,194.94 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 36 | Lithuania | $2,159.45 per capita | 2007 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | $2,074.46 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 37 | France | $1,895.56 per capita | 2006 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | $1,889.72 per capita | 2006 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | $1,863.66 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 38 | Romania | $1,793.85 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 39 | Poland | $1,706.98 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 40 | Germany | $1,652.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | $1,647.25 per capita | 2007 | |||
| Eurozone average (profile) | $1,642.53 per capita | 2006 | |||
| 41 | Netherlands | $1,628.18 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 42 | Italy | $1,622.25 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 43 | Finland | $1,600.66 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 44 | Belgium | $1,588.69 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 45 | Bulgaria | $1,560.87 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 46 | Austria | $1,543.68 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 47 | Mauritius | $1,456.57 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 48 | Serbia and Montenegro | $1,400.95 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | $1,389.56 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 49 | Thailand | $1,344.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 50 | Australia | $1,316.91 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 51 | Jordan | $1,309.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 52 | Venezuela | $1,286.53 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | $1,232.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 54 | Canada | $1,230.30 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 55 | Uruguay | $1,190.83 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 56 | China | $1,160.49 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 57 | Kazakhstan | $1,153.42 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 58 | Argentina | $1,144.36 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 59 | Portugal | $1,085.24 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 60 | Turkey | $1,075.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | $1,070.39 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 61 | Iran | $1,058.14 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 62 | Chile | $1,034.10 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 63 | Turkmenistan | $1,014.71 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 64 | Costa Rica | $995.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $994.02 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 66 | Peru | $968.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 67 | United Kingdom | $942.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | $941.73 per capita | 2007 | |||
| 68 | Cape Verde | $939.54 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 69 | Brazil | $936.79 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 70 | Iraq | $933.10 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 71 | Angola | $913.27 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 72 | Gabon | $850.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 73 | Mexico | $802.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 74 | Tunisia | $764.29 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 75 | South Africa | $748.67 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 76 | Morocco | $732.29 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 77 | Ukraine | $701.51 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 78 | Jamaica | $685.22 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 79 | Swaziland | $673.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 80 | Albania | $600.47 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 81 | Panama | $596.82 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 82 | Bolivia | $583.17 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 83 | Suriname | $583.08 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Congo, Republic of the | $580.43 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 85 | Armenia | $557.60 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 86 | Azerbaijan | $526.22 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 87 | Luxembourg | $502.55 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Seychelles | $498.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 89 | Colombia | $472.06 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 90 | Spain | $470.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 91 | Belarus | $438.68 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 92 | Namibia | $435.99 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 93 | Guyana | $406.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 94 | Lesotho | $400.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 95 | Tonga | $400.37 per capita | 2004 | ||
| 96 | Egypt | $390.49 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 97 | Nigeria | $380.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 98 | Samoa | $378.00 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 99 | Cuba | $372.74 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 100 | Philippines | $370.56 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 101 | Belize | $370.26 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 102 | Paraguay | $369.32 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | $360.08 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 104 | Yemen | $349.07 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 105 | Greece | $341.67 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 106 | Honduras | $340.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 107 | Guatemala | $325.19 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 108 | El Salvador | $316.49 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 109 | Syria | $313.02 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 110 | Moldova | $308.76 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 111 | Georgia | $292.94 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 112 | Vietnam | $279.96 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 113 | Dominican Republic | $273.55 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 114 | Ecuador | $255.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 115 | India | $243.39 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 116 | Uzbekistan | $242.98 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 117 | Indonesia | $242.53 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 118 | United States | $234.34 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | $222.74 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 120 | Ireland | $200.15 per capita | 2006 | ||
| 121 | Vanuatu | $199.41 per capita | 2003 | ||
| 122 | Sri Lanka | $174.13 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | $173.37 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 124 | Cameroon | $162.34 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 125 | Nicaragua | $159.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 126 | Cambodia | $153.12 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 127 | Benin | $149.66 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | $139.84 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 129 | Senegal | $132.57 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 130 | Chad | $98.02 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 131 | Ghana | $96.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 132 | Pakistan | $95.24 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 133 | Zambia | $94.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 134 | Kenya | $90.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 135 | Uganda | $84.59 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 136 | The Gambia | $84.58 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 137 | Laos | $82.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 138 | Togo | $76.82 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 139 | Tanzania | $73.89 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 140 | Burkina Faso | $71.83 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 141 | Mozambique | $69.12 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 142 | Rwanda | $55.80 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 143 | Haiti | $51.00 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 144 | Burma | $47.75 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 145 | Madagascar | $43.53 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 146 | Bangladesh | $35.08 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 147 | Sudan | $34.99 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 148 | Tajikistan | $34.20 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 149 | Burundi | $21.11 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 150 | Ethiopia | $16.91 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 151 | Malawi | $15.97 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 152 | Guinea | $11.96 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 153 | Zimbabwe | $9.75 per capita | 2007 | ||
| 154 | Eritrea | $4.69 per capita | 2007 |
