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Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
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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.
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Source: CIA-World Factbook
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Country |
Debt external |
Rank |
Date of information |
|
 |
Afghanistan |
$ 8,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
Albania |
$ 1,550,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
Algeria |
$ 21,540,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Angola |
$ 9,879,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Anguilla |
$ 8,800,000
USD
|
|
1998 |
|
 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
$ 231,000,000
USD
|
|
1999 |
|
 |
Argentina |
$ 119,000,000,000
USD
|
|
June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Armenia |
$ 1,819,000,000
USD
|
|
20.Sep.05 |
|
 |
Aruba |
$ 453,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Australia |
$ 509,600,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Austria |
$ 510,600,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Azerbaijan |
$ 2,253,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Bahamas, The |
$ 342,600,000
USD
|
|
2004 est. |
|
 |
Bahrain |
$ 6,831,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Bangladesh |
$ 21,250,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Barbados |
$ 668,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 |
|
 |
Belarus |
$ 4,662,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Belgium |
$ 980,100,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Belize |
$ 1,362,000,000
USD
|
|
June 2004 est. |
|
 |
Benin |
$ 1,600,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Bermuda |
$ 160,000,000
USD
|
|
FY99/00 |
|
 |
Bhutan |
$ 245,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Bolivia |
$ 6,430,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$ 3,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Botswana |
$ 556,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Brazil |
$ 211,400,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
British Virgin Islands |
$ 36,100,000
USD
|
|
1997 |
|
 |
Brunei |
0
USD
|
|
NA |
|
 |
Bulgaria |
$ 15,460,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Burkina Faso |
$ 1,850,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 |
|
 |
Burma |
$ 6,967,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
|
Burma |
$ 6,967,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Burundi |
$ 1,200,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 |
|
 |
Cambodia |
$ 800,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Cameroon |
$ 9,223,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Canada |
$ 439,800,000,000
USD
|
|
30.Nov.05 |
|
 |
Cape Verde |
$ 325,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Cayman Islands |
$ 70,000,000
USD
|
|
1996 |
|
 |
Central African Republic |
$ 1,060,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 est. |
|
 |
Chad |
$ 1,500,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Chile |
$ 44,800,000,000
USD
|
|
31 October 2005 est. |
|
 |
China |
$ 242,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Colombia |
$ 37,060,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Comoros |
$ 232,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 est. |
|
 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
$ 10,600,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Congo, Republic of the |
$ 5,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 est. |
|
 |
Cook Islands |
$ 141,000,000
USD
|
|
1996 est. |
|
 |
Costa Rica |
$ 3,633,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
$ 13,260,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Croatia |
$ 29,280,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Cuba |
$ 13,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Cyprus |
$ 7,803,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Czech Republic |
$ 43,200,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Denmark |
$ 352,900,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 |
|
 |
Djibouti |
$ 366,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 est. |
|
 |
Dominica |
$ 161,500,000
USD
|
|
2001 |
|
 |
Dominican Republic |
$ 7,907,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Ecuador |
$ 18,290,000,000
USD
|
|
November 2005 est. |
|
 |
Egypt |
$ 28,950,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
El Salvador |
$ 8,273,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Equatorial Guinea |
$ 248,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 est. |
|
 |
Eritrea |
$ 311,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 est. |
|
 |
Estonia |
$ 10,090,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Ethiopia |
$ 2,900,000,000
USD
|
|
2001 est. |
|
 |
Faroe Islands |
$ 64,000,000
USD
|
|
1999 |
|
 |
Fiji |
$ 188,100,000
USD
|
|
2001 est. |
|
 |
Finland |
$ 211,700,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 |
|
 |
French Guiana |
$ 800,300,000
USD
|
|
1988 |
|
 |
Gabon |
$ 3,857,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Gambia, The |
$ 628,800,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Gaza Strip |
$ 0
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Georgia |
$ 2,040,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
Ghana |
$ 7,084,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Greece |
$ 75,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Greenland |
$ 25,000,000
USD
|
|
1999 |
|
 |
Grenada |
$ 196,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Guatemala |
$ 5,503,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Guinea |
$ 3,460,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Guinea-Bissau |
$ 941,500,000
USD
|
|
2000 est. |
|
 |
Guyana |
$ 1,200,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Haiti |
$ 1,300,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Honduras |
$ 4,675,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Hong Kong |
$ 416,500,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Hungary |
$ 76,230,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Iceland |
$ 3,073,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
India |
$ 119,700,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Indonesia |
$ 131,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Iran |
$ 16,940,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Iraq |
$ 82,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Ireland |
$ 1,049,000,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 |
|
 |
Israel |
$ 73,870,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Jamaica |
$ 6,792,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Jordan |
$ 8,273,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Kazakhstan |
$ 32,700,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Kenya |
$ 7,349,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Kiribati |
$ 10,000,000
USD
|
|
1999 est. |
|
 |
Korea, North |
$ 12,000,000,000
USD
|
|
1996 est. |
|
 |
Korea, South |
$ 188,400,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Kuwait |
$ 14,930,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Kyrgyzstan |
$ 2,428,000,000
USD
|
|
31 December 2004 est. |
|
 |
Laos |
$ 2,490,000,000
USD
|
|
2001 |
|
 |
Latvia |
$ 13,200,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Lebanon |
$ 25,920,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Lesotho |
$ 735,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Liberia |
$ 3,200,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Libya |
$ 4,267,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Liechtenstein |
$ 0
USD
|
|
2001 |
|
 |
Lithuania |
$ 10,470,000,000
USD
|
|
31 December 2004 est. |
|
 |
Macau |
$ 3,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
Macedonia |
$ 1,939,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Madagascar |
$ 4,600,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Malawi |
$ 3,284,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Malaysia |
$ 56,720,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Maldives |
$ 316,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 est. |
|
 |
Mali |
$ 2,800,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Malta |
$ 188,800,000
USD
|
|
2005 |
|
 |
Marshall Islands |
$ 86,500,000
USD
|
|
FY99/00 est. |
|
 |
Martinique |
$ 180,000,000
USD
|
|
1994 |
|
 |
Mauritania |
$ 2,500,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Mauritius |
$ 2,958,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Mexico |
$ 174,300,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
$ 53,100,000
USD
|
|
FY02/03 est. |
|
 |
Moldova |
$ 1,926,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Mongolia |
$ 1,360,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
Montserrat |
$ 8,900,000
USD
|
|
1997 |
|
 |
Morocco |
$ 15,600,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Mozambique |
$ 966,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 est. |
|
 |
Namibia |
$ 1,164,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Nauru |
$ 33,300,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Nepal |
$ 3,340,000,000
USD
|
|
March 2005 |
|
 |
Netherlands Antilles |
$ 2,680,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 |
|
 |
New Caledonia |
$ 79,000,000
USD
|
|
1998 est. |
|
 |
New Zealand |
$ 57,670,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Nicaragua |
$ 5,144,000,000
USD
|
|
31 December 2005 est. |
|
 |
Niger |
$ 2,100,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Nigeria |
$ 37,490,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Niue |
$ 418,000
USD
|
|
2002 est. |
|
 |
Norway |
$ 281,000,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 |
|
 |
Oman |
$ 4,586,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Pakistan |
$ 39,940,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Palau |
$ 0
USD
|
|
FY99/00 |
|
 |
Panama |
$ 9,859,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Papua New Guinea |
$ 1,978,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Paraguay |
$ 3,535,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Peru |
$ 30,180,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Philippines |
$ 67,620,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Poland |
$ 123,400,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Portugal |
$ 298,700,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Qatar |
$ 20,630,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Romania |
$ 29,470,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Russia |
$ 230,300,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Rwanda |
$ 1,400,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 est. |
|
 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$ 171,000,000
USD
|
|
2001 |
|
 |
Saint Lucia |
$ 214,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$ 167,200,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Samoa |
$ 197,000,000
USD
|
|
2000 |
|
 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
$ 318,000,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Saudi Arabia |
$ 34,550,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Senegal |
$ 3,610,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
$ 15,430,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Seychelles |
$ 276,800,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Sierra Leone |
$ 1,610,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Singapore |
$ 24,670,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Slovakia |
$ 26,540,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Slovenia |
$ 22,910,000,000
USD
|
|
30 September 2005 est. |
|
 |
Solomon Islands |
$ 180,400,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Somalia |
$ 3,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2001 est. |
|
 |
South Africa |
$ 44,330,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Spain |
$ 1,249,000,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Sri Lanka |
$ 11,590,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Sudan |
$ 18,150,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Suriname |
$ 504,300,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Swaziland |
$ 357,000,000
USD
|
|
2003 est. |
|
 |
Sweden |
$ 516,100,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 |
|
 |
Syria |
$ 8,590,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Taiwan |
$ 81,640,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Tajikistan |
$ 888,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 est. |
|
 |
Tanzania |
$ 7,950,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Thailand |
$ 50,630,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Togo |
$ 2,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 |
|
 |
Tokelau |
0
USD
|
|
NA |
|
 |
Tonga |
$ 63,400,000
USD
|
|
2001 |
|
 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
$ 2,986,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Tunisia |
$ 18,910,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Turkey |
$ 161,800,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Turkmenistan |
$ 2,400,000,000
USD
|
|
2001 est. |
|
 |
Uganda |
$ 4,949,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Ukraine |
$ 33,930,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
United Arab Emirates |
$ 30,210,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
United States |
$ 8,837,000,000,000
USD
|
|
30 June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Uruguay |
$ 11,220,000,000
USD
|
|
June 2005 est. |
|
 |
Uzbekistan |
$ 5,184,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Vanuatu |
$ 83,700,000
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
Venezuela |
$ 39,790,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Vietnam |
$ 19,170,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
|
West Bank |
$ 0
USD
|
|
2002 |
|
 |
World |
$ 38,540,000,000,000
USD
|
|
2004 est. |
|
 |
Yemen |
$ 5,689,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Zambia |
$ 5,866,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
|
 |
Zimbabwe |
$ 5,170,000,000
USD
|
|
2005 est. |
Source:
CIA
World Factbook. This page was last updated on
22 November, 2007
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