Countries by foreign-exchange reserves
| Rank |
Country/monetary authority |
Foreign exchange reserves (Millions of US$) |
Figures as of |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
People's Republic of China |
3,285,090 |
Sep 2012 |
| 2 |
Japan |
1,274,160 |
Oct 2012 |
|
|
Eurozone |
903,027 |
Aug 2012 |
| 3 |
Saudi Arabia |
621,490 |
Sep 2012 |
| 4 |
Switzerland |
530,142 |
Oct 2012 |
| 5 |
Russia |
528,236 |
Nov 2012 |
| 6 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) |
399,220 |
Oct 2012 |
| 7 |
Brazil |
378,560 |
Nov 2012 |
| 8 |
Republic of Korea |
323,461 |
Oct 2012 |
| Hong Kong |
301,733 |
Oct 2012 |
|
| 9 |
India |
295,290 |
Oct 2012 |
| 10 |
Germany |
255,845 |
Oct 2012 |
| 11 |
Singapore |
254,217 |
Oct 2012 |
| 12 |
Algeria |
200,000 |
May 2012 |
| 13 |
France |
187,130 |
Oct 2012 |
| 14 |
Italy |
186,907 |
Oct 2012 |
| 15 |
Thailand |
181,428 |
Oct 2012 |
| 16 |
Mexico |
165,358 |
Aug 2012 |
| 17 |
United States |
151,866 |
Dec 2012 |
| 18 |
Malaysia |
138,306 |
Oct 2012 |
| 19 |
United Kingdom |
132,131 |
Oct 2012 |
| 20 |
Turkey |
117,209 |
Oct 2012 |
| 21 |
Indonesia |
110,297 |
Oct 2012 |
| 22 |
Iran |
109,700 |
Dec 2011 |
| 23 |
Poland |
107,500 |
Nov 2012 |
| 24 |
Denmark |
90,178 |
Oct 2012 |
| 25 |
Philippines |
84,250 |
Dec 2012 |
| 26 |
Israel |
75,849 |
Oct 2012 |
| 27 |
Libya |
71,990 |
Dec 2011 |
| 28 |
Canada |
68,050 |
Nov 2012 |
| 29 |
Peru |
61,106 |
Oct 2012 |
| 30 |
Netherlands |
56,095 |
Oct 2012 |
| 31 |
Norway |
55,599 |
Sep 2012 |
| 32 |
United Arab Emirates |
55,290 |
Dec 2011 |
| 33 |
Iraq |
53,470 |
Dec 2011 |
| 34 |
Sweden |
52,372 |
Oct 2012 |
| 35 |
Spain |
51,312 |
Oct 2012 |
| 36 |
Australia |
51,241 |
Oct 2012 |
| 37 |
South Africa |
50,677 |
Oct 2012 |
| 38 |
Lebanon |
47,870 |
Dec 2011 |
| 39 |
Romania |
47,005 |
Oct 2012 |
| 40 |
Hungary |
45,440 |
Oct 2012 |
| 41 |
Argentina |
45,238 |
Nov 2012 |
| 42 |
Czech Republic |
44,164 |
Nov 2012 |
| 43 |
Chile |
38,943 |
Oct 2012 |
| 44 |
Colombia |
36,006 |
Oct 2012 |
| 45 |
Nigeria |
35,210 |
Dec 2011 |
| 46 |
Belgium |
31,327 |
Oct 2012 |
| 47 |
Ukraine |
29,255 |
Sep 2012 |
| 48 |
Kazakhstan |
29,061 |
Oct 2012 |
| 49 |
Austria |
27,591 |
Oct 2012 |
| 50 |
Venezuela |
26,910 |
Dec 2011 |
| 51 |
Kuwait |
25,930 |
Dec 2011 |
| 52 |
Portugal |
23,349 |
Oct 2012 |
| 53 |
Qatar |
20,390 |
Dec 2011 |
| 54 |
Bulgaria |
19,612 |
Oct 2012 |
| 55 |
New Zealand |
19,552 |
Oct 2012 |
| 56 |
Macau |
18,730 |
Mar 2010 |
| 57 |
Pakistan |
18,090 |
Dec 2011 |
| 58 |
Morocco |
16,758 |
Oct 2012 |
| 59 |
Vietnam |
16,760 |
Dec 2011 |
| 60 |
Egypt |
15,172 |
Sep 2012 |
| 61 |
Croatia |
14,731 |
Sep 2012 |
| 62 |
Serbia |
14,650 |
Dec 2011 |
| 63 |
Bolivia |
13,981 |
Nov 2012 |
| 64 |
Uruguay |
13,121 |
Oct 2012 |
| 65 |
Bangladesh |
13,040 |
Jan 2013 |
| 66 |
Finland |
11,161 |
Nov 2012 |
| 67 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
9,876 |
Dec 2011 |
| 68 |
Jordan |
9,287 |
Oct 2012 |
| 69 |
Sri Lanka |
8,400 |
Dec 2011 |
| 70 |
Lithuania |
8,385 |
Nov 2012 |
| 71 |
Belarus |
8,040 |
Oct 2012 |
| 72 |
Greece |
7,740 |
Nov 2012 |
| 73 |
Azerbaijan |
7,146 |
Dec 2011 |
| 74 |
Latvia |
6,897 |
Oct 2012 |
| 75 |
Guatemala |
6,800 |
Oct 2012 |
| 76 |
Costa Rica |
5,366 |
Oct 2012 |
| 77 |
Paraguay |
5,096 |
Dec 2011 |
| 78 |
Dominican Republic |
4,397 |
Jun 2011 |
| 79 |
Iceland |
4,314 |
Oct2012 |
| 80 |
Cambodia |
4,113 |
Dec 2011 |
| 81 |
Myanmar |
3,762 |
Dec 2010 |
| 82 |
Georgia |
2,841 |
Nov 2012 |
| 83 |
Mauritius |
2,797 |
Jun 2012 |
| 84 |
Honduras |
2,751 |
Jun 2012 |
| 85 |
Slovakia |
2,640 |
Sep 2012 |
| 86 |
El Salvador |
2,519 |
Oct 2012 |
| 87 |
Moldova |
2,422 |
Oct 2012 |
| 88 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1,944 |
Oct 2012 |
| 89 |
Nicaragua |
1,856 |
Oct 2012 |
| 90 |
Ireland |
1,751 |
Oct 2012 |
| 91 |
Armenia |
1,709 |
Oct 2012 |
| 92 |
Cyprus |
1,258 |
Sep 2012 |
| 93 |
Luxembourg |
1,023 |
Sep 2012 |
| 94 |
Slovenia |
985 |
Sep 2012 |
| 95 |
Laos |
757 |
Dec 2011 |
| 96 |
Malta |
654 |
Jul 2012 |
| 97 |
Estonia |
300 |
Sep 2012 |