Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute - Foreign Exchange Reserves

Although foreign exchange reserves are commonly measured in USD, recent dollar devaluation against other reserve currencies does not necessarily reflect an improvement of finances.

Rank	Country/Monetary Authority	Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD Millions)	Last Updated
—	World (sum of all countries)	$ 7,520,566	--
1	People's Republic of China (not including Hong Kong & Macau which have different currencies)	$ 1,682,000	Mar 2008
2	Japan	$ 1,015,587	Mar 2008
3	Russia	$ 533,900	Apr 2008
—	Eurozone (EU member states which have adopted the EURO, incl. ECB)	$ 569,213	Feb 2008
4	India	$ 313,354	Apr 2008
5	Taiwan	$ 286,860	Mar 2008
6	South Korea	$ 264,300	Mar 2008
7	Brazil	$ 195,850	Apr 2008
8	Singapore	$ 177,629	Mar 2008
9	Hong Kong	$ 160,700	Mar 2008
10	Germany	$ 150,377	Mar 2008
11	Algeria	$ 126,905	Mar 2008
12	France	$ 125,311	Feb 2008
13	Malaysia	$ 122,000	Apr 2008
14	Thailand	$ 109,400	Apr 2008
15	Algeria	$ 126,905	Mar 2008
14	United Kingdom	$ 99,956	Mar 2008
16	Italy	$ 106,843	Feb 2008
17	Mexico	$ 79,925	Jan 2008
18	Turkey	$ 73,300	December 2007
19	Switzerland	$ 70,481	September 2007
20	Iran	$ 70,000	January 2008
21	United States	$ 69,668	October 2007
22	Libya	$ 65,510	Dec 2007
23	Norway	$ 55,608	Mar 2008
24	Poland	$ 58,311	September 2007
25	Australia	$ 33,394	Feb 2008
26	Indonesia	$ 58,299	Mar 2008
—	European Central Bank (ECB, reserves not wholly owned by any single EU member)	$ 65,543	Feb 2008
27	Nigeria	$ 59,700	Mar 2008
28	Argentina	$ 42,891	September 2007
29	Canada	$ 43,057	Mar 2008
30	Romania	$ 38,203	September 2007
31	Denmark	$ 35,941	September 2007
32	Czech Republic	$ 34,909	December 2007
33	Philippines	$ 33,700	December 2007
34	Ukraine	$ 32,768	November 2007
35	Venezuela	$ 32,723	Mar 2008
36	South Africa	$ 31,761	October 2007
37	Egypt	$ 31,140	Dec 2007
38	Sweden	$ 29,330	June 2007
39	Israel	$ 28,423	Dec 2007
40	United Arab Emirates	$ 29,620	Dec 2007
41	Saudi Arabia	$ 34,000	Dec 2007
42	Netherlands	$ 23,337	June 2007
43	Hungary	$ 22,913	June 2007
44	Morocco	$ 22,409	June 2007
45	Peru	$ 20,977	June 2007
46	Kuwait	$ 19,630	Dec 2007
47	Colombia	$ 20,553	September 2007
48	Vietnam	$ 20,000	September 2007
49	Lebanon	$ 19,400	Dec2007
50	Kazakhstan	$ 19,250	Dec 2007
51	Chile	$ 22,240	Dec 2007
52	Slovakia	$ 17,598	June 2007
53	Bulgaria	$ 17,400	December 2007
54	Spain	$ 17,384	June 2007
55	Serbia	$ 16,067	December 2007
56	Iraq	$ 15,650	2006 est.
57	Pakistan	$ 15,370	January 2008
58	New Zealand	$ 15,566	May 2007
59	Austria	$ 13,702	June 2007
60	Belgium	$ 13,467	May 2007
61	Croatia	$ 13,400	November 2007
62	Macau	$ 12,500	Oct 2007
63	Angola	$ 12,290	Oct 2007
64	Portugal	$ 9,826	June 2007
65	Yemen	$ 8,636	April 2007
66	Botswana	$ 10,023	Nov 07
67	Trinidad and Tobago	$7,254	April 2007
68	Finland	$8,185	November 2007
69	Tunisia	$ 6,835	June 2007
70	Jordan	$ 6,392	March 2007
71	Lithuania	$ 6,139	June 2007
72	Oman	$ 7,004	Dec 2007
73	Syria	$ 5,500	2006 est.
74	Bangladesh	$ 5,490	January 2008
75	Qatar	$ 8,368	Dec 2007
76	Latvia	$ 4,928	June 2007
77	Cyprus	$ 4,709	April 2007
78	Guatemala	$ 4,253	May 2007
79	Bolivia	$ 3,900	June 2007
80	Sudan	$ 1,245	Dec 2007.
81	Uruguay	$ 3,527	May 2007
82	Turkmenistan	$ 3,644	Dec 2007
83	Bahrain	$ 3,474	Dec 2007.
84	Equatorial Guinea	$ 3,235	2006 est.
85	Malta	$ 3,065	2006 est.
86	Uzbekistan	$ 2,986	2006 est.
87	Greece	$ 2,831	June 2007
88	Estonia	$ 2,824	June 2007
89	Sri Lanka	$ 2,810	2006 est.
90	Honduras	$ 2,778	2006 est.
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$ 2,700	2006 est.
92	Kenya	$ 2,680	April 2007
93	Cuba	$ 2,618	2006 est.
94	Ecuador	$ 2,514	2006 est.
95	Costa Rica	$ 2,500	2006 est.
96	Tanzania	$ 2,375	2006 est.
97	Belarus	$ 2,344	June 2007
98	Iceland	$ 2,314	June 2007
99	Jamaica	$ 2,150	2006 est.
100	Dominican Republic	$ 2,106	2006 est.
101	Ghana	$ 2,098	2006 est.
102	El Salvador	$ 2,046	April 2007
103	Burma	$ 2,000	Jan 2008
104	Papua New Guinea	$ 1,852	July 2007
105	Republic of Macedonia	$ 1,845	2006 est.
106	Albania	$ 1,812	December 2006
107	Azerbaijan	$ 4,000	Dec 2007
108	Cambodia	$ 1,600	December 2007
109	Paraguay	$ 1,543	2006 est.
110	Côte d'Ivoire	$ 2,500	Dec 2007
111	Uganda	$ 1,400	2006 est.
112	Mauritius	$ 1,358	2006 est.
113	Mozambique	$ 1,470	November 2007
114	Cameroon	$ 1,336	2006 est.
115	Burkina Faso	$ 1,328	2006 est.
116	Georgia	$ 1300	June 2007
117	Armenia	$ 1,270	August 2007
118	Panama	$ 1,260	Dec 2007
119	Slovenia	$ 1,204	May 2007
120	Ethiopia	$ 840	Dec 2007
121	Senegal	$ 1,180	2006 est.
122	Zambia	$ 1,050	2006 est.
123	Kyrgyzstan	$ 893	May 2007
124	Moldova	$ 879	June 2007
125	Ireland	$ 842	May 2007
126	Gabon	$ 835	2006 est.
127	Nicaragua	$ 723	2006 est.
128	Benin	$ 607	2006 est.
129	Madagascar	$ 563	2006 est.
130	Congo	$ 547	2006 est.
131	Lesotho	$ 528	2006 est.
132	Namibia	$ 480	2006 est.
133	Rwanda	$ 423	2006 est.
134	Chad	$ 353	2006 est.
135	Togo	$ 334	2006 est.
136	Laos	$ 317	2006 est.
137	Guyana	$ 295	2006 est.
138	Luxembourg	$ 259	May 2007
139	Swaziland	$ 228	2006 est.
140	Tajikistan	$ 209	2006 est.
141	Malawi	$ 176	2006 est.
142	Cape Verde	$ 166	2006 est.
143	Zimbabwe	$ 140	2006 est.
144	Haiti	$ 123	2006 est.
145	Gambia	$ 88	2006 est.
146	Burundi	$ 88	2006 est.
147	Belize	$ 79	2006 est.
148	Samoa	$ 70	2004 est.
149	Guinea	$ 60	2006 est.
150	Seychelles	$ 45	2006 est.
151	Tonga	$ 41	2005 est.
152	Vanuatu	$ 41	2003 est.
153	Eritrea	$ 31	2006 est.
154	São Tomé and Príncipe	$ 25	2006 est.

Source: Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, IMF, and other Governmental Sources


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