Financial Reserves of the World

Rank (total)	Country	Financial Reserves (million US-$)	per Capita (US-$)	Date
1	China	1,968,000.0	1,480	December 2008 est.
2	Japan	1,011,000.0	7,943	December 2008 est.
3	Russia	427,100.0	3,035	December 2008 est.
4	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	296,400.0	12,931	December 2008 est.
5	India	256,400.0	223	December 2008 est.
6	Korea (South)	201,200.0	4,087	December 2008 est.
7	Brazil	193,800.0	1,010	December 2008 est.
8	Hong Kong	182,500.0	26,002	December 2008 est.
9	Singapore	174,200.0	37,802	December 2008 est.
10	Algeria	143,500.0	4,249	December 2008 est.
11	Germany	138,000.0	1,675	December 2008 est.
12	Thailand	111,000.0	1,695	December 2008 est.
13	Italy	105,300.0	1,811	December 2008 est.
14	France	102,900.0	1,657	December 2008 est.
15	Iran	96,560.0	1,466	December 2008 est.
16	Mexico	95,300.0	867	December 2008 est.
17	Libya	92,510.0	14,985	December 2008 est.
18	Malaysia	91,210.0	3,609	December 2008 est.
19	United States of America	77,650.0	256	December 2008 est.
20	Switzerland	74,070.0	9,770	December 2008 est.
21	Turkey	73,660.0	1,025	December 2008 est.
22	Poland	62,180.0	1,615	December 2008 est.
23	Nigeria	60,120.0	435	December 2008 est.
24	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	52,980.0	869	December 2008 est.
25	Indonesia	51,640.0	217	December 2008 est.
26	Norway	50,950.0	10,970	December 2008 est.
27	Argentina	46,370.0	1,140	December 2008 est.
28	Iraq	45,060.0	1,597	December 2008 est.
29	Canada	43,870.0	1,321	December 2008 est.
30	Israel	42,510.0	5,977	December 2008 est.
31	Denmark	42,320.0	7,716	December 2008 est.
32	Venezuela	42,300.0	1,601	December 2008 est.
33	Romania	39,470.0	1,774	December 2008 est.
34	Philippines	37,550.0	405	December 2008 est.
35	Czech Republic	36,680.0	3,589	December 2008 est.
36	South Africa	34,070.0	778	December 2008 est.
37	Hungary	33,870.0	3,411	December 2008 est.
38	Egypt	33,850.0	414	December 2008 est.
39	Australia	32,920.0	1,598	December 2008 est.
40	United Arab Emirates	31,690.0	6,857	December 2008 est.
41	Ukraine	31,540.0	686	December 2008 est.
42	Peru	31,250.0	1,071	December 2008 est.
43	Saudi Arabia	30,590.0	1,086	December 2008 est.
44	Sweden	29,720.0	3,286	December 2008 est.
45	Netherlands	28,510.0	1,713	December 2008 est.
46	Lebanon	28,280.0	7,120	December 2008 est.
47	Colombia	23,670.0	526	December 2008 est.
48	Vietnam	23,180.0	269	December 2008 est.
49	Chile	23,080.0	1,403	December 2008 est.
50	Morocco	22,720.0	662	December 2008 est.
51	Spain	20,250.0	500	December 2008 est.
52	Kazakhstan	19,870.0	1,295	December 2008 est.
53	Slovakia	18,780.0	3,442	December 2008 est.
54	Angola	18,380.0	1,467	December 2008 est.
55	Bulgaria	17,930.0	2,469	December 2008 est.
56	Kuwait	17,230.0	6,635	December 2008 est.
57	Austria	16,700.0	2,035	December 2008 est.
58	Belgium	15,650.0	1,504	December 2008 est.
59	Serbia	14,220.0	1,401	2007 est.
60	Turkmenistan	13,910.0	2,686	December 2008 est.
61	Croatia	12,960.0	2,885	December 2008 est.
62	Portugal	11,950.0	1,119	December 2008 est.
63	Oman	11,580.0	3,497	December 2008 est.
64	New Zealand	11,150.0	2,672	December 2008 est.
65	Uzbekistan	10,150.0	359	December 2008 est.
66	Qatar	9,998.0	10,766	December 2008 est.
67	Trinidad & Tobago	9,496.0	9,067	December 2008 est.
68	Botswana	9,119.0	4,950	December 2008 est.
69	Pakistan	8,903.0	53	December 2008 est.
70	Tunisia	8,853.0	853	December 2008 est.
71	Jordan	8,713.0	1,406	December 2008 est.
72	Finland	8,346.0	1,591	December 2008 est.
73	Yemen	8,157.0	354	December 2008 est.
74	Bolivia	7,722.0	835	December 2008 est.
75	Slovenia	7,570.0	3,770	December 2008 est.
76	Syria	6,765.0	343	December 2008 est.
77	Azerbaijan	6,467.0	791	December 2008 est.
78	Lithuania	6,441.0	1,807	December 2008 est.
79	Uruguay	6,360.0	1,829	December 2008 est.
80	Bangladesh	5,789.0	38	December 2008 est.
81	Latvia	5,248.0	2,337	December 2008 est.
82	Ecuador	4,473.0	321	December 2008 est.
83	Guatemala	4,471.0	344	December 2008 est.
84	Equatorial Guinea	4,431.0	7,188	December 2008 est.
85	Cuba	3,947.0	346	December 2008 est.
86	Congo (Republic)	3,873.0	992	December 2008 est.
87	Estonia	3,857.0	2,950	December 2008 est.
88	Bahrain	3,803.0	5,294	December 2008 est.
89	Costa Rica	3,799.0	905	December 2008 est.
90	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,516.0	766	December 2008 est.
91	Greece	3,473.0	324	December 2008 est.
92	Myanmar	3,412.0	71	December 2008 est.
93	Albania	3,188.0	881	December 2008 est.
94	Cameroon	3,091.0	167	December 2008 est.
95	Tanzania	2,915.0	72	December 2008 est.
96	Kenya	2,879.0	76	December 2008 est.
97	Paraguay	2,845.0	416	December 2008 est.
98	Belarus	2,687.0	277	December 2008 est.
99	Cambodia	2,641.0	185	December 2008 est.
100	El Salvador	2,545.0	360	December 2008 est.
101	Iceland	2,500.0	8,214	December 2008 est.
102	Honduras	2,469.0	323	December 2008 est.
103	Panama	2,443.0	742	December 2008 est.
104	Uganda	2,301.0	73	December 2008 est.
105	Sri Lanka	2,300.0	109	December 2008 est.
106	Dominican Republic	2,288.0	241	December 2008 est.
107	Macedonia	2,109.0	1,023	December 2008 est.
108	Ghana	2,000.0	86	December 2008 est.
109	Papua New Guinea	1,987.0	335	December 2008 est.
110	Gabon	1,925.0	1,296	December 2008 est.
111	Mauritius	1,785.0	1,401	December 2008 est.
112	Jamaica	1,770.0	631	December 2008 est.
113	Cote d'Ivoire	1,715.0	93	December 2008 est.
114	Moldova	1,672.0	387	December 2008 est.
115	Mozambique	1,606.0	75	December 2008 est.
116	Senegal	1,601.0	125	December 2008 est.
117	Georgia	1,480.0	320	December 2008 est.
118	Armenia	1,405.0	473	December 2008 est.
119	Sudan	1,399.0	35	December 2008 est.
120	Chad	1,347.0	133	December 2008 est.
121	Namibia	1,293.0	619	December 2008 est.
122	Benin	1,236.0	149	December 2008 est.
123	Kyrgyzstan	1,225.0	229	December 2008 est.
124	Nicaragua	1,141.0	197	December 2008 est.
125	Zambia	1,096.0	94	December 2008 est.
126	Ireland	1,023.0	246	December 2008 est.
127	Cyprus	1,003.0	1,265	December 2008 est.
128	Lesotho	994.0	467	December 2008 est.
129	Madagascar	982.3	49	December 2008 est.
130	Ethiopia	870.5	11	December 2008 est.
131	Laos	803.0	120	December 2008 est.
132	Swaziland	730.0	647	December 2008 est.
133	Haiti	708.0	79	December 2008 est.
134	Burkina Faso	637.0	42	December 2008 est.
135	Barbados	620.0	2,207	2007
136	Rwanda	596.0	59	December 2008 est.
137	Togo	473.0	81	December 2008 est.
138	Luxembourg	398.0	819	December 2008 est.
139	Malta	373.4	925	December 2008 est.
140	Guyana	355.9	462	December 2008 est.
141	Burundi	266.7	31	December 2008 est.
142	Suriname	263.3	600	2006
143	Cape Verde	258.0	604	December 2008 est.
144	Tajikistan	257.0	36	December 2008 est.
145	Malawi	185.0	13	December 2008 est.
146	Belize	166.2	552	December 2008 est.
147	Gambia	140.0	81	December 2008 est.
148	Zimbabwe	96.0	8	December 2008 est.
149	Guinea	93.0	9	December 2008 est.
150	Seychelles	74.0	900	December 2008 est.
151	Samoa	70.2	394	FY2003
152	Sao Tome and Principe	43.0	209	December 2008 est.
153	Tonga	40.8	363	yearend, FY2004
154	Vanuatu	40.5	203	2003
155	Eritrea	24.0	5	December 2008 est.
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For non-listed countries is no information available.

The given financial reserves represents 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 (2009-10-02)

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