| 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 |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
$5.983 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$5.268 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Albania |
$2.827 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.784 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Algeria |
$192.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$191.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Angola |
$37.94 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$33.41 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Argentina |
$33.65 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$43.25 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Armenia |
$1.863 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.799 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Australia |
$48.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$49.15 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Austria |
$27.21 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$25.16 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
$13.08 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$11.28 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
$830 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$846.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bahrain |
$5.933 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$5.211 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
$15.74 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$12.75 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Barbados |
$712.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$839.7 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Belarus |
$4.513 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$5.809 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Belgium |
$30.77 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$29.43 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Belize |
$273 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$288.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Benin |
$720.3 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$712.8 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bolivia |
$14.43 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$13.93 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$5.002 billion (31 January 2014 est.)
$4.852 billion (31 January 2013 est.) |
| Botswana |
$7.933 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$7.628 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Brazil |
$378.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$373.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
$20.69 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$20.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
$1.115 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.025 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Burma |
$8.278 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.977 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Burundi |
$314.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$308.8 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
$426.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$376 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cambodia |
$5.415 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.938 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cameroon |
$3.353 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.431 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Canada |
$68.55 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$65.82 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Chad |
$1.304 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.174 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Chile |
$39.89 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$41.65 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| China |
$3.821 trillion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.388 trillion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Colombia |
$43.74 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$37 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$1.582 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.633 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
$5.239 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$5.568 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
$7.406 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.857 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
$4.085 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.928 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Croatia |
$11.46 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$11.95 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cuba |
$4.993 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.693 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Cyprus |
$853 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.191 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
$56.22 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$44.88 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Denmark |
$89.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$89.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Dominica |
$90 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$94.56 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
$4.379 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.579 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Ecuador |
$2.625 billion (.)
$2.483 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Egypt |
$17.03 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$14.93 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| El Salvador |
$2.855 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.176 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
$4.027 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.397 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Eritrea |
$192.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$174.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Estonia |
$372.3 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$300.7 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
$3.382 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.272 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| European Union |
$812.1 billion (31 December 2011)
note: $863.8 billion (31 December 2011); 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 |
| Fiji |
$963.7 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$921.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Finland |
$10.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$11.08 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| France |
$198.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$188.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Gabon |
$2.47 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.373 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
$251.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$236.2 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Georgia |
$3.317 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.873 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Germany |
$248.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$238.9 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Ghana |
$6.016 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$5.705 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Greece |
$7.255 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$7.255 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Guatemala |
$7.118 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.694 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Guinea |
$183.1 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$174.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Guyana |
$854.7 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$864 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Haiti |
$1.335 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.287 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Honduras |
$2.414 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.533 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
$311.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$317.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Hungary |
$38.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$44.67 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Iceland |
$5.604 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.192 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| India |
$295 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$296 billion (28 December 2012 est.) |
| Indonesia |
$83.45 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$112.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Iran |
$68.06 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$74.06 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Iraq |
$71.24 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$70.33 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Ireland |
$1.707 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.703 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Israel |
$80.74 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$75.91 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Italy |
$181.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$173.3 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jamaica |
$1.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.981 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Japan |
$1.268 trillion (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.296 trillion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Jordan |
$11.83 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$8.829 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
$29.34 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$28.28 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kenya |
$5.541 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$5.712 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kiribati |
$8.37 million (2010 est.) |
| Korea, South |
$341.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$327 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kosovo | $NA |
| Kuwait |
$34.35 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$29 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
$2.199 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.066 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Laos |
$845.4 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$796.9 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Latvia |
$7.22 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$7.523 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Lebanon |
$51.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$52.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Lesotho |
$857.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$749.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Libya |
$120.9 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$118.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Lithuania |
$10.37 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$8.529 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
$991 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$1.014 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Macau |
$16.15 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$16.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) note: the Fiscal Reserves Act that came into force on 1 January 2012 requires the fiscal reserve to be separated from the foreign exchange reserves and to be managed separately; the transfer of assets took place in February 2012 |
| Macedonia |
$2.747 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.891 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Madagascar |
$1.249 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.191 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Malawi |
$364.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$246 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Malaysia |
$139.4 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$139.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Maldives |
$356 million (30 November 2012 est.)
$326 million (30 November 2011 est.) |
| Malta |
$377 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$481.5 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Mauritius |
$3.286 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.046 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Mexico |
$167.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$149.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
$75.06 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$75.06 million |
| Moldova |
$2.814 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.513 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Montenegro | $400 million (31 December 2011) |
| Montserrat |
$32.08 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$24.81 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Morocco |
$19.16 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$17.54 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Mozambique |
$2.99 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.77 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Namibia |
$2.267 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.738 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Nepal |
$6.574 billion (15 January 2014 est.)
$5.833 billion (15 July 2013 est.) |
| Netherlands |
$71.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$54.82 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| New Zealand |
$20.01 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$17.58 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
$1.993 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$1.887 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Nigeria |
$47.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$46.41 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Norway |
$51.86 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$49.4 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Oman |
$17.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$14.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Pakistan |
$11.18 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$13.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Panama |
$2.666 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.466 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
$2.926 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.001 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Paraguay |
$6.336 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.994 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Peru |
$65.15 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$64.17 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Philippines |
$85.04 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$83.83 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Poland |
$107.8 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$108.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Portugal |
$22.66 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$21.34 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Qatar |
$40.09 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$33.19 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Romania |
$48.78 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$46.8 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Russia |
$515.6 billion (01 December 2013 est.)
$537.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Rwanda |
$1.354 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$847.8 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$115 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$111 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Samoa |
$168.7 million (31 December 2012 est.)
$168.7 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| San Marino |
$308.6 million (2012 est.)
$341.9 million (2011) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
$46.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$51.59 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
$739.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$656.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Senegal |
$2.15 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.082 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Serbia |
$15.87 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$14.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Seychelles |
$362.4 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$318.7 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Singapore |
$273.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$259.3 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Slovakia |
$2.258 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$2.519 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Slovenia |
$889 million (31. December 2013 est.)
$927.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| South Africa |
$48.46 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$50.7 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Spain |
$50.59 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$47.1 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
$7.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Sudan |
$202.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$192.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Suriname |
$1.008 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$816.9 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Swaziland |
$801.4 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$741 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Sweden |
$52.23 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$50.35 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Switzerland |
$536.3 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$536.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Syria |
$1.895 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.793 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Taiwan |
$414.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$408.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
$1.072 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$972 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Tanzania |
$4.343 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$4.053 billion (31 December 2012 est.) note: excludes gold |
| Thailand |
$167.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$181.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Togo |
$531.4 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$441.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Tonga |
$147.1 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$152.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
$10.07 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$9.897 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Tunisia |
$8.113 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$8.36 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Turkey |
$117.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$119.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
$22.35 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$20.71 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Uganda |
$3.579 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.167 billion (31 December 2012 est.) note: excludes gold |
| Ukraine |
$21.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$24.55 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
$58.04 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$47.04 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
$87.48 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$105.1 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| United States |
$150.2 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
$148 billion (31 December 2011 est.) |
| Uruguay |
$16.32 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$13.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
$17 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$16 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
$174.2 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$187.3 million (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Venezuela |
$21.15 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$29.89 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Vietnam |
$32.49 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$26.11 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Yemen |
$5.538 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$6.158 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Zambia |
$2.833 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$3.042 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
$437 million (31 December 2013 est.)
$575.6 million (31 December 2012 est.) |