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Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

Because war is as much about money as it is about bullets, bombs and missiles, financial health is an important quality to consider when going to war.

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Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold allow a nation to repay its foreign obligations (debt) while also continue to strengthen their domestic currency. These reserves also play a part in a nation's credit rating on the world markets. Today, it is said that as much as two-thirds of the world's reserves are held in Asia by China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. For the purposes of the GFP ranking, this plays into the relative financial "health" of nations.


Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold data through 2012. Afghanistan and North Korea are not included in this list for lack of available numbers. The values below are displayed in USD ($).
1
$3,236,000,000,000
2
$1,259,000,000,000
3
$541,100,000,000
4
$498,600,000,000
5
$390,600,000,000
6
$352,000,000,000
7
$331,900,000,000
8
$306,400,000,000
9
$297,900,000,000
10
$238,900,000,000
11
$225,800,000,000
12
$175,100,000,000
13
$173,300,000,000
14
$171,900,000,000
15
$150,100,000,000
16
$149,300,000,000
17
$148,000,000,000
18
$133,600,000,000
19
$110,100,000,000
20
$109,700,000,000
21
$100,300,000,000
22
$97,860,000,000
23
$94,540,000,000
24
$88,210,000,000
25
$85,050,000,000
26
$75,300,000,000
27
$74,870,000,000
28
$65,820,000,000
29
$58,960,000,000
30
$50,350,000,000
31
$49,400,000,000
32
$48,870,000,000
33
$48,140,000,000
34
$48,060,000,000
35
$47,100,000,000
36
$46,800,000,000
37
$46,350,000,000
38
$41,940,000,000
39
$37,270,000,000
40
$35,210,000,000
41
$31,790,000,000
42
$31,010,000,000
43
$29,890,000,000
44
$29,430,000,000
45
$25,930,000,000
46
$25,170,000,000
47
$21,340,000,000
48
$18,090,000,000
49
$17,660,000,000
50
$16,820,000,000
51
$15,600,000,000
52
$14,830,000,000
53
$14,480,000,000
54
$14,050,000,000
55
$12,110,000,000
56
$10,350,000,000
57
$10,300,000,000
58
$6,900,000,000
59
$5,298,000,000
60
$4,979,000,000
61
$4,531,000,000
62
$3,631,000,000
63
$2,818,000,000
64
$2,665,000,000
65
$2,315,000,000

Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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