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Economy > Trade > Balance of payments > Reserves and related items > BoP, current US$: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$). Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Switzerland $184.52 billion 2012
2 Saudi Arabia $115.77 billion 2012
3 China $96.55 billion 2012
4 Russia $30.02 billion 2012
5 Singapore $26.22 billion 2012
6 Hong Kong $24.36 billion 2012
7 Turkey $22.82 billion 2012
OPEC countries average (profile) $20.47 billion 2012
8 Brazil $18.90 billion 2012
9 Mexico $17.90 billion 2012
10 Qatar $16.08 billion 2012
11 Peru $15.17 billion 2012
12 Libya $13.41 billion 2012
13 Vietnam $11.86 billion 2012
14 South Korea $11.85 billion 2012
15 Algeria $11.74 billion 2012
16 United Kingdom $11.63 billion 2012
17 Poland $11.19 billion 2012
18 Nigeria $11.15 billion 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) $10.31 billion 2012
19 Iraq $9.25 billion 2012
20 Philippines $9.24 billion 2012
Emerging markets average (profile) $9.07 billion 2012
Religious countries average (profile) $8.74 billion 2012
Cold countries average (profile) $8.68 billion 2012
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) $6.38 billion 2011
High income OECD countries average (profile) $5.75 billion 2012
Europe average (profile) $5.59 billion 2012
21 France $5.50 billion 2012
22 Colombia $5.32 billion 2012
23 Thailand $5.24 billion 2012
24 United States $4.46 billion 2012
25 Angola $4.36 billion 2012
26 Czech Republic $4.19 billion 2012
27 Macau $3.77 billion 2012
28 Bangladesh $3.51 billion 2012
29 Kuwait $3.32 billion 2012
30 Uruguay $3.29 billion 2012
31 Spain $2.93 billion 2012
32 Bulgaria $2.73 billion 2012
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) $2.68 billion 2012
33 Australia $2.54 billion 2012
34 Latvia $2.53 billion 2012
Eastern Europe average (profile) $2.27 billion 2012
Former Soviet republics average (profile) $2.12 billion 2012
35 Syria $2.08 billion 2010
36 Italy $1.88 billion 2012
37 Denmark $1.85 billion 2012
NATO countries average (profile) $1.80 billion 2012
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) $1.77 billion 2012
38 Canada $1.73 billion 2012
39 Bolivia $1.71 billion 2012
40 Mongolia $1.70 billion 2012
41 Germany $1.70 billion 2012
42 Cote d'Ivoire $1.43 billion 2010
43 Norway $1.37 billion 2012
44 Costa Rica $1.36 billion 2012
45 Tunisia $1.35 billion 2012
46 Malaysia $1.34 billion 2012
47 Burma $1.27 billion 2011
48 Austria $1.24 billion 2012
49 Kenya $1.22 billion 2012
50 South Africa $1.20 billion 2012
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) $1.14 billion 2012
51 Azerbaijan $1.11 billion 2012
European Union average (profile) $1.05 billion 2012
52 Oman $1.04 billion 2012
Former British colonies average (profile) $905.65 million 2011
53 Trinidad and Tobago $802.83 million 2011
Former French colonies average (profile) $799.61 million 2005
54 Bahrain $672.82 million 2012
55 Belgium $665.89 million 2012
56 El Salvador $650.06 million 2012
57 Finland $639.91 million 2012
58 Hungary $621.44 million 2012
59 Lebanon $617.29 million 2012
60 Sweden $547.95 million 2012
61 New Zealand $513.83 million 2012
62 Uganda $454.73 million 2012
63 East Timor $421.93 million 2012
64 Mozambique $377.43 million 2012
65 Cambodia $375.41 million 2012
66 Ethiopia $330.04 million 2012
67 Nepal $279.80 million 2012
68 Romania $266.95 million 2012
69 Gabon $225.89 million 2005
70 Kosovo $215.59 million 2012
71 Indonesia $214.82 million 2012
72 Republic of the Congo $196.37 million 2007
73 Mauritius $191.54 million 2012
74 Republic of Macedonia $184.67 million 2012
75 Suriname $180.12 million 2012
76 Moldova $176.42 million 2012
77 Afghanistan $170.71 million 2012
78 Malta $160.95 million 2012
79 Brunei $153.69 million 2009
80 Georgia $150.72 million 2012
81 Croatia $139.35 million 2012
82 Fiji $138.29 million 2010
83 Kyrgyzstan $125.22 million 2012
84 Cameroon $118.71 million 2012
85 Lithuania $118.12 million 2012
86 Lesotho $109.28 million 2012
87 Belarus $106.56 million 2012
88 Niger $105.85 million 2010
89 Zambia $100.76 million 2012
90 Albania $100.42 million 2012
91 Estonia $90.85 million 2012
92 Papua New Guinea $85.00 million 2010
93 Tajikistan $75.16 million 2012
94 Aruba $66.31 million 2012
95 Belize $55.46 million 2012
96 Montenegro $52.69 million 2012
97 Cape Verde $49.71 million 2012
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $20.83 million 2012
99 Saint Lucia $16.37 million 2012
100 Togo $13.89 million 2010
101 Armenia $4.27 million 2012
102 Sudan $3.80 million 2012
103 Dominica $2.68 million 2012
104 Vanuatu $1.98 million 2012
105 Grenada $-2,000,360.00 2012
106 Nicaragua $-2,526,028.87 2012
107 Samoa $-2,672,201.69 2012
108 Seychelles $-3,730,598.26 2012
109 Bermuda $-5,266,905.00 2012
110 Solomon Islands $-9,317,752.49 2012
111 Malawi $-10,201,022.05 2012
112 Sao Tome and Principe $-10,741,785.09 2012
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis $-13,722,967.58 2012
114 Antigua and Barbuda $-17,577,206.64 2012
115 Panama $-17,748,135.37 2012
116 Tonga $-18,964,647.99 2009
117 Slovakia $-21,355,044.77 2012
118 Luxembourg $-21,646,236.58 2012
119 Paraguay $-24,470,888.44 2012
120 Djibouti $-36,411,259.63 2012
121 Maldives $-37,498,685.03 2012
122 Slovenia $-41,888,554.98 2012
123 Barbados $-45,293,333.93 2010
124 The Gambia $-64,767,890.19 2012
125 Cyprus $-71,999,054.80 2012
126 The Bahamas $-75,049,833.48 2012
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina $-82,325,873.29 2012
Muslim countries average (profile) $-97,417,142.50 2009
128 Guyana $-99,222,985.02 2012
129 Laos $-106,509,904.73 2012
130 Bhutan $-108,534,916.30 2012
131 Israel $-126,169,520.21 2012
132 Sierra Leone $-132,282,150.59 2012
133 Netherlands $-140,434,669.79 2012
134 Botswana $-140,579,321.46 2012
135 Mali $-176,991,849.66 2010
136 Rwanda $-212,430,889.08 2012
Eurozone average (profile) $-219,158,527.47 2012
137 Swaziland $-230,861,246.02 2010
138 Tanzania $-258,559,554.30 2012
139 Guatemala $-284,972,173.86 2012
140 Liberia $-290,955,284.54 2011
141 Benin $-294,160,640.26 2010
142 Namibia $-312,703,592.50 2011
143 Madagascar $-349,407,465.67 2005
144 Honduras $-362,787,762.52 2012
145 Chile $-365,901,404.16 2012
146 Burundi $-372,319,288.77 2012
147 Dominican Republic $-440,568,559.75 2012
South Asia average (profile) $-492,751,882.36 2012
148 Senegal $-529,366,055.30 2010
149 Ecuador $-627,394,807.09 2012
150 Burkina Faso $-733,463,760.42 2010
151 Haiti $-748,206,993.00 2012
152 Ghana $-763,240,929.88 2012
153 Guinea $-763,864,081.28 2012
South and Central Asia average (profile) $-768,342,218.76 2012
154 Jamaica $-839,316,355.16 2012
155 Venezuela $-846,178,423.59 2012
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) $-939,034,375.00 2012
156 Guinea-Bissau $-946,161,093.83 2010
157 Serbia $-1,427,295,318.91 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) $-1,622,848,010.34 2012
158 Pakistan $-2,017,051,965.25 2012
159 Yemen $-2,120,957,475.04 2011
160 Greece $-2,144,822,340.29 2012
161 Kazakhstan $-2,756,578,652.13 2012
162 Argentina $-3,353,970,367.66 2012
163 Jordan $-3,670,163,387.71 2012
164 Sri Lanka $-3,674,109,773.47 2012
165 India $-4,022,754,896.81 2012
166 Ukraine $-4,174,244,356.25 2012
167 Egypt $-5,792,397,805.52 2012
168 Morocco $-8,368,182,182.32 2012
169 Ireland $-8,470,279,593.63 2012
170 Portugal $-10,372,750,544.87 2012
171 Iceland $-12,715,586,481.35 2012
172 Japan $-38,260,997,667.06 2012

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