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Official reserves

Official reserve assets including gold, current dollars (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for official reserves. Embed

Official reserves

Official reserve assets including gold, current dollars (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    $ 3.168 Tn 2018
  • 2 40.1 Japan
    $ 1.270 Tn 2018
  • 3 15.1 Taiwan
    $ 478 Bn* 2019
  • 4 +1 14.8 Russia
    $ 469 Bn 2018
  • 5 −1 14.2 — United States
    $ 450 Bn 2018
  • 6 +1 12.7 South Korea
    $ 403 Bn 2018
  • 7 −1 12.6 — India
    $ 399 Bn 2018
  • 8 9.2 — Singapore
    $ 293 Bn 2018
  • 9 6.5 — Thailand
    $ 206 Bn 2018
  • 10 3.8 — Indonesia
    $ 121 Bn 2018
  • 11 3.2 — Malaysia
    $ 101 Bn 2018
  • 12 2.5 — Philippines
    $ 79.2 Bn 2018
  • 13 +1 1.7 — Vietnam
    $ 55.5 Bn 2018
  • 14 −1 1.7 — Australia
    $ 53.9 Bn 2018
  • 15 1.0 — Bangladesh
    $ 32.0 Bn 2018
  • 16 0.5 — New Zealand
    $ 17.7 Bn 2018
  • 17 +1 0.4 — Cambodia
    $ 13.9 Bn 2018
  • 18 −1 0.3 — Pakistan
    $ 11.8 Bn 2018
  • 19 0.2 — Nepal
    $ 8.34 Bn 2018
  • 20 +1 0.2 — North Korea
    $ 7.00 Bn* 2016
  • 21 −1 0.2 — Sri Lanka
    $ 6.92 Bn 2018
  • 22 0.1 — Myanmar
    $ 5.65 Bn 2018
  • 23 +1 0.1 — Mongolia
    $ 3.55 Bn 2018
  • 24 −1 0.1 — Brunei
    $ 3.41 Bn 2018
  • 25 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    $ 2.24 Bn 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
    $ 980 M 2018
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