Total Reserves by country
Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
3.43 million
China
Lowest
43.68
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
8,546
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
4,420
What the numbers show
Total Reserves is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 3.43 million in China; the lowest is 43.68 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,546, and the mean is 89,791.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78,461.
Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 11,796.1%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 98.9%).
Total Reserves: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3.43 million | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Japan | 1.25 million | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Switzerland | 931,687 | 2025 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 754,853 | 2025 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 687,734 | 2025 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Singapore | 516,140 | 2025 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 460,249 | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Taiwan | 434,845 | 2016 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 428,055 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 427,934 | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Brazil | 358,234 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 281,872 | 2025 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 13 | United States | 271,299 | 2025 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 271,117 | 2025 | up 185.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 251,875 | 2025 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Qatar | 205,514 | 2025 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 184,021 | 2025 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 176,396 | 2025 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 171,398 | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 156,471 | 2025 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 125,627 | 2025 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Malaysia | 125,532 | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 118,589 | 2025 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Israel | 115,266 | 2018 | up 171.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Algeria | 114,653 | 2016 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 110,833 | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 110,446 | 2025 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 96,837 | 2025 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 29 | France | 92,150 | 2025 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 90,262 | 2025 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 89,759 | 2025 | up 100.3% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 85,554 | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 85,129 | 2016 | up 458.7% | volatile |
| 34 | South Africa | 75,892 | 2025 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Colombia | 66,379 | 2025 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 66,312 | 2025 | up 172.8% | rising |
| 37 | Libya | 66,071 | 2016 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 65,414 | 2025 | up 134.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 64,905 | 2025 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 40 | Hungary | 58,960 | 2025 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Ukraine | 57,302 | 2025 | up 330.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Sweden | 56,741 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 43 | Vietnam | 55,453 | 2018 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Chile | 54,112 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 51,454 | 2025 | up 212.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 48,286 | 2025 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 47,058 | 2025 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Lebanon | 43,772 | 2016 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Iraq | 42,125 | 2016 | up 111.2% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 39,765 | 2025 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 51 | Netherlands | 34,327 | 2025 | up 87.6% | flat |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 33,190 | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Kuwait | 31,147 | 2016 | up 145.3% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 28,166 | 2025 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Nigeria | 27,265 | 2016 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 56 | Pakistan | 26,323 | 2025 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 24,999 | 2025 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 22,511 | 2024 | up 268.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Oman | 20,262 | 2016 | up 304.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Syria | 19,510 | 2010 | up 11,796.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Uruguay | 18,993 | 2025 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Kenya | 18,608 | 2025 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Slovakia | 18,043 | 2025 | up 527.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Romania | 17,716 | 2025 | up 106.5% | rising |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 17,086 | 2025 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Finland | 16,462 | 2025 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 67 | Portugal | 16,129 | 2025 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Angola | 15,410 | 2018 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Austria | 14,757 | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 14,691 | 2025 | up 179.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 13,829 | 2025 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Ireland | 11,998 | 2025 | up 497.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,905 | 2025 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Belarus | 10,864 | 2025 | up 286.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritius | 10,249 | 2025 | up 144.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 9,795 | 2025 | up 292.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9,469 | 2016 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 78 | Paraguay | 9,113 | 2025 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Guatemala | 8,909 | 2016 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 8,726 | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 8,603 | 2025 | up 383.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Albania | 8,584 | 2025 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 8,507 | 2016 | up 465.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Greece | 8,404 | 2025 | up 255.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 8,325 | 2025 | up 234.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Iceland | 7,457 | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Lithuania | 7,083 | 2025 | up 318.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Mongolia | 7,005 | 2025 | up 429.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 6,838 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 90 | Botswana | 6,657 | 2018 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 6,290 | 2025 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Georgia | 6,159 | 2025 | up 144.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Moldova | 6,006 | 2025 | up 241.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 5,867 | 2016 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 5,768 | 2025 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Zambia | 5,508 | 2025 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Yemen | 5,287 | 2013 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 98 | Armenia | 5,086 | 2025 | up 186.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Cameroon | 4,885 | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 4,814 | 2025 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 101 | Myanmar | 4,630 | 2016 | up 271.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Croatia | 4,236 | 2025 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Congo | 3,872 | 2008 | up 1,640.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 3,789 | 2016 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 105 | Bolivia | 3,713 | 2025 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Venezuela | 3,547 | 2016 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Slovenia | 3,535 | 2025 | up 312.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 3,359 | 2018 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 109 | Brunei | 3,329 | 2016 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 110 | Latvia | 3,278 | 2016 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 2,752 | 2025 | up 294.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Bahrain | 2,447 | 2016 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 113 | Estonia | 2,433 | 2025 | up 485.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Namibia | 2,150 | 2018 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Panama | 2,121 | 2018 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 116 | Haiti | 2,110 | 2016 | up 474.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Mozambique | 2,029 | 2016 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 118 | Gabon | 1,924 | 2008 | up 909.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Madagascar | 1,740 | 2018 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 120 | Papua New Guinea | 1,611 | 2016 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Malta | 1,491 | 2025 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 1,355 | 2018 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Chad | 1,346 | 2008 | up 1,110.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahamas | 1,345 | 2018 | up 136.9% | rising |
| 125 | Cyprus | 1,072 | 2025 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Bhutan | 987.25 | 2018 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 907.72 | 2016 | up 190.2% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 884.91 | 2016 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritania | 835.83 | 2016 | up 345.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Guinea | 832.7 | 2016 | up 2,767.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 728.53 | 2018 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 132 | Maldives | 722.21 | 2018 | up 196.5% | volatile |
| 133 | East Timor | 673.9 | 2018 | up 220.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 665.27 | 2018 | up 755.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Cape Verde | 606.43 | 2018 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Malawi | 601.27 | 2014 | up 367.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Liberia | 563.26 | 2018 | up 250.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Seychelles | 549.52 | 2018 | up 760.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Guyana | 518.51 | 2018 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 501.21 | 2018 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 487.54 | 2016 | — | flat |
| 142 | Eswatini | 440.69 | 2018 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 420.59 | 2018 | up 265.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 406.75 | 2016 | up 179.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 363.22 | 2018 | up 229.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Suriname | 353.17 | 2016 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 147 | San Marino | 338.96 | 2018 | down 52.0% | rising |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 328.66 | 2018 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Belize | 294.47 | 2018 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 285.82 | 2018 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 151 | Grenada | 233.82 | 2018 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 152 | Tonga | 215.15 | 2018 | up 208.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Micronesia (country) | 203.53 | 2018 | up 409.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Gambia | 191.77 | 2018 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 155 | Dominica | 191.32 | 2018 | up 246.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Sudan | 177.93 | 2017 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 169.56 | 2018 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 158 | Samoa | 162.56 | 2018 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 159 | Comoros | 158.78 | 2016 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 160 | Tajikistan | 129.37 | 2016 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 122.39 | 2008 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 162 | Burundi | 94.51 | 2016 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 48.93 | 2018 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.68 | 2018 | down 28.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle income 7.00 million
- Upper middle income 5.57 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.21 million
- Lower middle income 1.32 million
- Small states 880,072
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 843,113
- South Asia 746,211
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 469,801
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 388,500
- Low income 39,163
About this data
Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities.