Foreign Exchange Reserves

Global Ranking

billion currency unitsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Lebanon	487988.38	5-2023	1	489691.19
2	Iraq	142450	7-2023	2	141848
3	Cambodia	75420.4	4-2023	3	73304.2
4	India	48983.36	9-2023	4	49535.52
5	Taiwan	17728.08	6-2023	5	17394.12
6	Kazakhstan	15127.74	9-2023	6	15590.28
7	Sierra Leone	14538.47	4-2023	7	12345.92
8 ↑	Angola	11257.73	6-2023	10	7331.45
9 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8990.28	5-2023	8	9597.05
10 ↓	Thailand	7736.51	9-2023	9	7769.34
11	Algeria	5948.3	12-2021	11	5768.3
12	China	3308.47	9-2023	12	3384.85
13	Czech Republic	3197.34	9-2023	13	3083.98
14 ↑	Zimbabwe	2747.79	6-2023	53	166.42
15 ↓	Saudi Arabia	1662.02	6-2023	14	1612.07
16	Sri Lanka	1622.15	7-2023	16	1304.76
17 ↓	Nepal	1407.01	5-2023	15	1338.18
18 ↓	Japan	1237.25	9-2023	17	1247.18
19 ↓	South Africa	1152.5	9-2023	18	1166.52
20 ↓	Ivory Coast	871.3	11-2022	19	956.5
21 ↓	Norway	844.63	9-2023	20	840.86
22 ↓	Switzerland	794.68	6-2023	21	816.13
23	Poland	786.57	9-2023	23	742.18
24 ↓	Iceland	762.98	9-2023	22	776.29
25 ↓	Sweden	634.48	9-2023	24	638.67
26 ↓	Denmark	610.38	9-2023	25	609.9
27	United Arab Emirates	606.87	6-2023	27	519.79
28 ↓	Russia	569.02	9-2023	26	582.42
29 ↓	Singapore	460.5	9-2023	28	448.25
30	Hong Kong	415.7	9-2023	30	417.3
31 ↓	South Korea	414.1	9-2023	29	421.5
32 ↓	Morocco	346.16	6-2023	31	361.17
33 ↓	Brazil	340.32	9-2023	32	343.62
34 ↑	Malawi	324.6	6-2023	36	290.1
35 ↓	Mauritius	293.06	9-2023	34	306.07
36 ↑	Germany	282.49	9-2023	38	280.82
37 ↓	Senegal	274	11-2022	33	311.1
38 ↓	Mali	268.1	11-2022	37	281.7
39	Benin	256.8	11-2022	39	274.6
40	United States	244.01	6-2023	40	246.69
41	Macao	220.14	9-2023	41	215.71
42	Italy	216.02	9-2023	42	214.99
43 ↑	France	209.5	9-2023	45	207.65
44	Mozambique	205.81	1-2022	44	212.15
45 ↑	Mexico	203.77	9-2023	47	203.21
46	United Kingdom	203.29	9-2023	46	207.05
47 ↓	Togo	200.5	11-2022	43	213.2
48	Israel	198.56	9-2023	48	201.89
49	Niger	188.1	11-2022	49	200.8
50 ↑	Haiti	185.75	2-2021	51	179.68
51 ↑	Qatar	183.12	7-2023	52	178.89
52 ↓	Burkina Faso	176.8	11-2022	50	186.3
53 ↑	Guyana	153.45	6-2023	54	157.08
54 ↑	Indonesia	134.86	9-2023	55	137.54
55 ↑	Turkey	122.2	9-2023	57	116.65
56 ↓	Burundi	117.59	5-2023	35	304.17
57 ↑	Canada	112.45	9-2023	58	114.69
58 ↑	Malaysia	110.1	9-2023	59	111.4
59 ↑	Comoros	104.22	12-2022	61	99.73
60 ↓	Bhutan	102.91	6-2023	56	118.33
61 ↓	Philippines	98.69	9-2023	60	99.77
62	Spain	92.67	9-2023	62	89.93
63	Australia	90.41	9-2023	63	89.42
64	Libya	80.04	12-2022	64	77.53
65	Vanuatu	74.6	12-2022	65	74.95
66 ↑	Bulgaria	72.84	9-2023	67	72.72
67 ↓	Peru	71.31	9-2023	66	73.05
68 ↑	Cape Verde	69	6-2023	69	62.58
69 ↑	Romania	65.12	9-2023	71	59.27
70	Netherlands	62.01	9-2023	70	61.24
71 ↑	Botswana	60.78	10-2022	74	54.55
72 ↑	Colombia	57.6	9-2023	73	57.87
73 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	54.5	11-2022	72	57.9
74 ↑	Namibia	52.99	6-2023	75	48.5
75 ↓	Ethiopia	48.98	3-2023	68	62.95
76 ↑	Chile	41.4	9-2023	77	39.5
77 ↑	Ukraine	39.71	9-2023	78	39
78 ↓	Hungary	39.66	9-2023	76	39.87
79	Nigeria	36.61	12-2022	79	38.46
80	Belgium	36.48	9-2023	80	37.77
81 ↑	Egypt	34.55	4-2023	82	34.35
82 ↓	Tajikistan	34.29	8-2023	81	35.4
83	Uzbekistan	31.04	9-2023	83	32.69
84	Portugal	30.72	9-2023	84	31.36
85	Bangladesh	29.73	7-2023	85	30.97
86 ↑	New Zealand	28.62	9-2023	91	21.93
87 ↓	Austria	28.41	9-2023	86	28.21
88 ↓	Argentina	26.99	9-2023	87	27.94
89 ↓	Gambia	25.58	6-2023	88	27.65
90	Serbia	24.18	9-2023	90	22.58
91 ↓	Tunisia	23.9	4-2023	89	23.82
92	Guatemala	21.16	6-2023	92	20.04
93	Dominican Republic	15.79	9-2023	93	16.2
94	Finland	15.44	8-2023	94	15.55
95 ↑	Uruguay	15.33	9-2023	96	15.1
96 ↓	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.32	6-2023	95	15.21
97	Jordan	14.06	6-2023	97	14.28
98	Kuwait	13.52	6-2023	98	13.82
99 ↑	Pakistan	13.03	9-2023	104	9.75
100	Greece	11.75	9-2023	100	12.03
101 ↓	Ireland	11.69	9-2023	99	12.07
102 ↓	Costa Rica	11.34	9-2023	101	11
103 ↓	Seychelles	10.04	9-2023	102	10.08
104 ↓	Paraguay	9.95	7-2023	103	9.85
105	Venezuela	9.64	9-2023	105	9.63
106	Slovakia	9.44	9-2023	106	9.44
107 ↑	Azerbaijan	9.24	7-2023	108	9.19
108 ↑	Belarus	8.52	1-2022	110	8.43
109 ↓	Swaziland	8.21	7-2023	107	9.34
110 ↑	Honduras	7.95	9-2023	111	8.2
111 ↑	Trinidad and Tobago	7.69	4-2023	112	7.36
112 ↓	Ghana	7.25	6-2022	109	8.87
113	Kenya	7.23	5-2023	113	7.08
114 ↑	Oman	6.59	6-2023	115	6.48
115 ↓	Ecuador	6.31	9-2023	114	6.96
116 ↑	Albania	5.73	9-2023	117	5.55
117 ↓	Solomon Islands	5.67	8-2023	116	5.59
118 ↑	Guinea	5.65	8-2023	144	1.85
119 ↓	Lithuania	5.55	9-2023	118	5.41
120 ↑	Georgia	5.27	9-2023	121	5.07
121 ↓	Brunei	5.1	6-2023	118	5.41
122 ↓	Tanzania	5.01	3-2023	120	5.18
123 ↓	Nicaragua	4.99	6-2023	122	4.85
124 ↓	Moldova	4.88	9-2023	123	4.83
125 ↓	Jamaica	4.85	9-2023	124	4.79
126 ↓	Latvia	4.38	9-2023	125	4.38
127 ↑	Mongolia	4.12	9-2023	129	3.81
128 ↑	Uganda	4.07	6-2023	131	3.63
129 ↓	Macedonia	3.9	9-2023	126	4.19
130	Armenia	3.89	6-2023	130	3.64
131 ↓	Papua New Guinea	3.86	4-2023	127	3.92
132 ↓	Bolivia	3.62	1-2023	128	3.84
133 ↓	Fiji	3.48	6-2023	132	3.33
134 ↓	Barbados	3.01	8-2023	133	3.09
135 ↓	Croatia	2.89	6-2023	134	2.96
136 ↓	Zambia	2.8	7-2023	135	2.93
137 ↑	Luxembourg	2.78	9-2023	138	2.68
138 ↓	El Salvador	2.73	9-2023	136	2.85
139 ↓	Aruba	2.72	6-2023	137	2.8
140 ↓	Bahamas	2.7	6-2023	139	2.67
141 ↓	Kyrgyzstan	2.63	9-2023	140	2.44
142 ↓	Estonia	2.58	9-2023	141	2.26
143 ↓	Madagascar	2.41	8-2023	142	2.25
144 ↓	Slovenia	2.2	9-2023	143	2.17
145 ↑	Bahrain	1.95	6-2023	149	1.34
146 ↓	Mauritania	1.9	6-2022	145	1.68
147 ↓	Rwanda	1.73	6-2023	146	1.66
148	Montenegro	1.62	9-2023	148	1.62
149 ↓	Cyprus	1.6	9-2023	147	1.63
150 ↑	Laos	1.53	6-2023	152	1.12
151	Malta	1.14	9-2023	151	1.18
152 ↓	Suriname	1.09	6-2023	150	1.19
153	Belize	1.05	6-2023	153	0.97
154 ↑	Samoa	0.97	3-2023	155	0.84
155 ↓	Tonga	0.92	6-2023	154	0.88
156	Lesotho	0.78	4-2020	156	0.71
157 ↑	Maldives	0.59	9-2023	158	0.59
157 ↑	Djibouti	0.59	12-2022	159	0.54
159 ↓	Liberia	0.57	4-2023	157	0.6
160	Sao Tome and Principe	0.08	5-2023	160	0.07

Definition of Foreign Exchange Reserves

Foreign exchange reserves consist of foreign currency, deposits denominated in foreign currency, Monetary Gold, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and Reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign exchange reserves are held by monetary authorities to finance trade imbalances, check the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations and address other issues under the purview of the central bank.