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Field Listing :: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

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.

Country Comparison to the World

Country	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold


Albania	$2.725 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.541 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Algeria	$185.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $162.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Angola	$28.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $19.66 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Argentina	$53.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $52.23 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Armenia	$1.971 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.866 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Aruba	$725.1 million (31 December 2010 est.) $701.1 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Australia	$43.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $42.27 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Austria	$22.28 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	$7.146 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $6.409 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bahrain	$5.069 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.789 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bangladesh	$10.98 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $11.18 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Barbados	$620 million (2007)


Belarus	$2.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.431 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Belgium	$26.81 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Belize	$196.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $201.7 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Benin	$1.153 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $953 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Bhutan	$1.002 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $890.9 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Bolivia	$10.78 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.73 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	$4.5 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.383 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Botswana	$8.516 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.885 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Brazil	$357.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $288.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Brunei	$1.563 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $1.357 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Bulgaria	$17.68 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $17.23 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burkina Faso	$1.079 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.068 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burma	$3.929 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.762 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Burundi	$409.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $332.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Cambodia	$4.113 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.802 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cameroon	$3.389 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.665 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Canada	$57.15 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cape Verde	$420.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $394.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Central African Republic	$217.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $186 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Chad	$915.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $638.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Chile	$41.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $27.83 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


China	$3.316 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.876 trillion (31 December 2010 est.)


Colombia	$35.79 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $28.08 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Comoros	$165.1 million (31 December 2011 est.) $146.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	$1.297 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	$5.046 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.465 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Costa Rica	$5.236 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.627 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	$4.023 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.624 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Croatia	$16.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $14.13 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cuba	$5.147 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.847 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Cyprus	$1.144 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Czech Republic	$44.62 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $41.95 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Denmark	$76.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Djibouti	$208.4 million (31 December 2011 est.) $230.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Dominican Republic	$2.902 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.502 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ecuador	$3.819 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.622 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Egypt	$28.95 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $35.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


El Salvador	$3.335 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.883 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	$3.178 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.346 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Eritrea	$163.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) $96.5 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Estonia	$319.6 million (31 December 2011 est.) $2.568 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ethiopia	$2.029 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.808 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


European Union	$812.1 billion note: this includes reserves held by the European Central Bank and euro-zone national central banks; it excludes reserves for non-euro-area members of the EU (31 October 2011)


Fiji	$717 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Finland	$10.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.555 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


France	$166.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $166.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Gabon	$2.462 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.746 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Gambia, The	$222.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $201.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Georgia	$3.183 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.264 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Germany	$216.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $216.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ghana	$5.671 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Greece	$6.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $6.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Guatemala	$6.359 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.646 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Guinea	$643.3 million (31 December 2011 est.) $179.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	$NA (31 December 2010) $168.6 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Guyana	$859 million (31 December 2011 est.) $782.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Haiti	$1.18 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.108 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Honduras	$3.127 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.702 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Hong Kong	$288.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $268.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Hungary	$52.89 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.99 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iceland	$4.457 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


India	$345.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $287.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Indonesia	$136.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $96.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iran	$109.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $78.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Iraq	$53.47 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $48.61 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Ireland	$2.115 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $2.154 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Israel	$78.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $70.91 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Italy	$158.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $132.8 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Jamaica	$2.45 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.501 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Japan	$1.063 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) $1.024 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)


Jordan	$12.65 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $13.65 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	$36.92 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $28.27 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kenya	$5.282 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.321 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Korea, South	$320.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $291.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kosovo	$NA


Kuwait	$28.02 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $21.36 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	$1.913 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.72 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Laos	$756.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $713.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Latvia	$7.37 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.17 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lebanon	$47.87 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.52 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lesotho	$946.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $918.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Liberia	$579.5 million (31 December 2011 est.) $399.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Libya	$71.99 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $99.84 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Lithuania	$7.474 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $6.837 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Luxembourg	$800 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Macau	$23.73 billion (2010) (2010)


Macedonia	$2.417 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.278 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Madagascar	$1.103 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.172 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Malawi	$172 million (31 December 2011 est.) $280.1 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Malaysia	$129.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $106.5 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mali	$2.026 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.292 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Malta	$547.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) $540.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Mauritania	$325 million (31 December 2011 est.) $280 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Mauritius	$2.664 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.601 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mexico	$142 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $114 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Moldova	$2 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.718 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mongolia	$2.288 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $NA (31 December 2009 est.)


Montenegro	$400 million (31 December 2011)


Morocco	$21.92 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $23.61 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Mozambique	$2.141 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.159 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Namibia	$1.542 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.495 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Netherlands	$46.24 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


New Zealand	$19.03 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $16.72 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Nicaragua	$1.85 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.799 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Niger	$706.2 million (31 December 2011 est.) $760.3 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Nigeria	$36.81 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $34.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Norway	$52.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $52.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Oman	$12.66 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $13.03 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Pakistan	$17.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $43.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Panama	$3.015 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.715 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	$3.19 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.092 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Paraguay	$5.096 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $4.167 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Peru	$53.28 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $44.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Philippines	$72.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $62.37 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Poland	$116.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $93.49 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Portugal	$21 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $16.03 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Qatar	$20.39 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $31.19 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Romania	$54.66 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $48.08 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Russia	$513 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $479.4 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Rwanda	$931.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) $812.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	$100 million (31 December 2011 est.) $168.9 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Saint Lucia	$150 million (31 December 2011 est.) $206.3 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Samoa	$209.5 million (31 December 2010 est.) $165.9 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	$52.6 million (31 December 2011 est.) $46.8 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Saudi Arabia	$556.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $445.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Senegal	$2.8 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.048 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Serbia	$14.65 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $13.31 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Seychelles	$241.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $235.6 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Sierra Leone	$466.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) $409 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Singapore	$248.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $225.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Slovakia	$2.161 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $1.821 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Slovenia	$1.248 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $1.108 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	$265.8 million (31 December 2010 est.) $146 million (31 December 2009 est.)


South Africa	$50.26 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $43.83 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Spain	$31.91 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $28.2 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	$8.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.197 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Sudan	$1.651 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.063 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Suriname	$263.3 million (2006)


Swaziland	$603 million (31 December 2011 est.) $756.3 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Sweden	$48.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $47.29 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Switzerland	$270.3 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $135.3 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Syria	$15.64 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $20.57 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Taiwan	$418.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $387.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Tajikistan	$521.6 million (31 December 2011 est.) $506 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Tanzania	$3.573 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $3.645 billion (31 December 2010 est.) note: excludes gold


Thailand	$202.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $172.1 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	$406.2 million (31 December 2010 est.) $249.9 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Togo	$828.8 million (31 December 2011 est.) $669.4 million (31 December 2010 est.)


Tonga	$40.83 million (FY04/05)


Trinidad and Tobago	$9.876 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.659 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Tunisia	$8.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.462 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Turkey	$96.05 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $86.08 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	$18.7 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $17.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Uganda	$3.108 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.96 billion (31 December 2010 est.) note: excludes gold


Ukraine	$38.13 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $34.58 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	$55.29 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $42.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


United Kingdom	$82.41 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $66.72 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


United States	$132.4 billion (31 December 2010 est.) $130.8 billion (31 December 2009 est.)


Uruguay	$8.907 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $7.657 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	$11 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $9.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Vanuatu	$161.4 million (31 December 2010 est.) $148.6 million (31 December 2009 est.)


Venezuela	$30.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $29.62 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Vietnam	$16.76 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $12.93 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Yemen	$4.311 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $5.942 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Zambia	$2.953 billion (31 December 2011 est.) $2.094 billion (31 December 2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	$462 million (31 December 2011 est.) $376 million (31 December 2010 est.)

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