Country Comparison > Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Rank	Country	Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$)
1	China	1,493,000,000,000
2	Japan	881,000,000,000
3	Russia	470,000,000,000
4	Taiwan	274,700,000,000
5	Korea, South	262,200,000,000
6	India	239,400,000,000
7	Brazil	178,000,000,000
8	Singapore	157,000,000,000
9	Hong Kong	152,700,000,000
10	Germany	111,600,000,000
11	Malaysia	104,800,000,000
12	Thailand	100,000,000,000
13	Algeria	99,330,000,000
14	France	98,240,000,000
15	Mexico	85,110,000,000
16	Turkey	74,390,000,000
17	Australia	71,150,000,000
18	Libya	69,510,000,000
19	Iran	69,200,000,000
20	Italy	69,000,000,000
21	United States	65,890,000,000
22	Switzerland	64,500,000,000
23	Poland	61,460,000,000
24	Norway	56,840,000,000
25	Indonesia	53,270,000,000
26	Nigeria	50,330,000,000
27	United Kingdom	47,040,000,000
28	Argentina	46,180,000,000
29	Canada	39,310,000,000
30	Romania	37,240,000,000
31	Saudi Arabia	34,000,000,000
32	Philippines	33,710,000,000
33	South Africa	32,980,000,000
34	Czech Republic	32,320,000,000
35	Venezuela	31,630,000,000
36	Egypt	31,140,000,000
37	Denmark	31,080,000,000
38	Israel	30,990,000,000
39	United Arab Emirates	29,620,000,000
40	Ukraine	28,520,000,000
41	Sweden	28,020,000,000
42	Hungary	24,250,000,000
43	Peru	24,060,000,000
44	Netherlands	23,900,000,000
45	Morocco	23,800,000,000
46	Colombia	23,140,000,000
47	Chile	22,240,000,000
48	Iraq	21,260,000,000
49	Kuwait	19,630,000,000
50	Lebanon	19,400,000,000
51	Kazakhstan	19,250,000,000
52	New Zealand	18,990,000,000
53	Slovakia	17,720,000,000
54	Vietnam	17,160,000,000
55	Belgium	16,500,000,000
56	Spain	16,320,000,000
57	Pakistan	16,030,000,000
58	Serbia	14,220,000,000
59	Bulgaria	13,800,000,000
60	Croatia	13,130,000,000
61	Austria	12,910,000,000
62	Angola	12,290,000,000
63	Portugal	10,400,000,000
64	Botswana	9,629,000,000
65	Jordan	8,595,000,000
66	Yemen	7,871,000,000
67	Finland	7,804,000,000
68	Tunisia	7,183,000,000
69	Oman	7,004,000,000
70	Trinidad and Tobago	6,761,000,000
71	Qatar	6,368,000,000
72	Lithuania	6,302,000,000
73	Cyprus	6,176,000,000
74	Syria	6,039,000,000
75	Uzbekistan	5,600,000,000
76	Bangladesh	5,293,000,000
77	Latvia	5,160,000,000
78	Bolivia	4,917,000,000
79	Guatemala	4,559,000,000
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,500,000,000
81	Cuba	4,247,000,000
82	Uruguay	4,100,000,000
83	Azerbaijan	4,000,000,000
84	Equatorial Guinea	3,928,000,000
85	Costa Rica	3,915,000,000
86	Turkmenistan	3,644,000,000
87	Ecuador	3,618,000,000
88	Estonia	3,605,000,000
89	Malta	3,522,000,000
90	Bahrain	3,474,000,000
91	Sri Lanka	3,252,000,000
92	Kenya	3,100,000,000
93	Honduras	2,892,000,000
94	Ghana	2,837,000,000
95	Greece	2,700,000,000
96	Dominican Republic	2,525,000,000
97	Cote d'Ivoire	2,500,000,000
98	Paraguay	2,463,000,000
99	Tanzania	2,441,000,000
100	Iceland	2,436,000,000
101	Cameroon	2,341,000,000
102	Congo, Republic of the	2,242,000,000
103	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	2,219,000,000
104	El Salvador	2,198,000,000
105	Uganda	2,100,000,000
106	Albania	2,084,000,000
107	Jamaica	1,950,000,000
108	Mauritius	1,772,000,000
109	Burma	1,762,000,000
110	Papua New Guinea	1,664,000,000
111	Cambodia	1,662,000,000
112	Armenia	1,646,000,000
113	Belarus	1,474,000,000
114	Gabon	1,459,000,000
115	Mozambique	1,451,000,000
116	Senegal	1,350,000,000
117	Georgia	1,300,000,000
118	Kyrgyzstan	1,293,000,000
119	Panama	1,260,000,000
120	Sudan	1,245,000,000
121	Zambia	1,100,000,000
122	Nicaragua	1,075,000,000
123	Moldova	1,050,000,000
124	Slovenia	1,031,000,000
125	Chad	997,300,000
126	Burkina Faso	897,000,000
127	Lesotho	889,000,000
128	Ethiopia	840,000,000
129	Ireland	831,900,000
130	Benin	825,000,000
131	Namibia	750,000,000
132	Madagascar	745,000,000
133	Barbados	620,000,000
134	Laos	513,500,000
135	Rwanda	511,000,000
136	Swaziland	394,900,000
137	Togo	362,600,000
138	Cape Verde	343,800,000
139	Tajikistan	301,000,000
140	Guyana	292,000,000
141	Luxembourg	265,100,000
142	Suriname	263,300,000
143	Haiti	220,600,000
144	Malawi	140,000,000
145	Zimbabwe	120,000,000
146	Gambia, The	119,900,000
147	Guinea	119,000,000
148	Seychelles	118,000,000
149	Burundi	117,700,000
150	Belize	92,000,000
151	Samoa	70,150,000
152	Tonga	40,830,000
153	Vanuatu	40,540,000
154	Sao Tome and Principe	36,000,000
155	Eritrea	22,080,000

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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009