List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves (excluding gold)

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This is a list of the top 50 sovereign states of the world sorted by their foreign exchange reserves excluding gold reserves, but including special drawing rights (SDRs) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserve positions.

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RankCountry or regionForeign exchange
reserves
-Excluding Gold (millions of US$)
Figures as ofSources
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China 3,301,320January 2024 [1]
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1,238,541January 2024 [2]
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 755,903January 2024 [3]
4Flag of India.svg  India 574,872January 2024 [4] [lower-alpha 1]
5Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 564,009January 2024 [5] [6]
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 442,537January 2024 [7] [1]
7Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 439,123January 2024 [1] [8]
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 415,580January 2024 [9] [1]
9Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 408,085January 2024 [10]
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 346,424January 2024 [11] [1]
11Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 344,592January 2024 [12] [1]
12Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 234,110January 2024 [1]
13Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 208,280January 2024 [13] [1]
14Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 206,351January 2024 [14] [1]
15Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 169,998January 2024 [1]
16Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 158,509January 2024 [1]
17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 157,340January 2024 [1]
18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 145,333January2024 [15] [1]
19Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 130,147January 2024 [16] [1]
20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 117,550January 2024 [17] [1]
21Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 110,860January 2024 [18] [1]
22Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 102,764January 2024 [1]
23Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 100,391January 2024 [1]
24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 95,845January 2024 [1]
23Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 88,326January 2024 [1]
24Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 84,819January 2024 [1]
25Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 84,417January 2024 [1]
26Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 80,648January 2024 [19] [1]
27Flag of France.svg  France 79,200January 2024 [1]
28Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 77,391January 2024 [1]
29Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 69,708January 2024 [1]
28Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 69,095January 2024 [20] [21] [1]
29Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 66,128January 2024 [1]
30Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 58,730January 2024 [1]
31Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 56,605January 2024 [1]
32Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 54,176.January 2024 [1]
33Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52,526January 2024 [22] [1]
34Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 46,987January 2024 [1]
35Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 44,844January 2024 [1]
36Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 43,624January 2024 [1]
37Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 41,360January 2024 [1]
38Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 39,453January 2024 [1]
39Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 38,709January 2024 [1]
40Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 33,852January 2024 [1]
41Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 33,141January 2024 [1]
42Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 29,218January 2024 [1]
43Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25,800January 2024 [1]
44Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 25,323January 2024 [1]
45Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24,920January 2024 [1]
46Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 20,928January 2024 [1]
47Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 20,854January 2024 [1]
48Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 18,986January 2024 [1]
49Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 16,667January 2024 [1]
50Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 16,454January 2024 [1]

See also

Notes

  1. Indian reports are released on a weekly basis with the figures being of the previous week.

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