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Global reserve currency

Currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves, annualised average (2018–19)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for global reserve currency. Embed

Global reserve currency

Currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves, annualised average (2018–19)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1.5 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — United States
    61.7% 2018–19
  • 2 8.8 Japan
    5.4% 2018–19
  • 3 +1 3.2 China
    2.0% 2018–19
  • 4 −1 2.7 — Australia
    1.7% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Bangladesh
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Brunei
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Cambodia
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — India
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Indonesia
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Laos
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Malaysia
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Mongolia
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Myanmar
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Nepal
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — New Zealand
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — North Korea
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Pakistan
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Philippines
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Russia
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Singapore
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — South Korea
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Sri Lanka
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Taiwan
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Thailand
    0.0% 2018–19
  • 26 0.0 — Vietnam
    0.0% 2018–19
Dataset