List of states by foreign exchange reserves

(SOURCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign_exchange_reserves)

Note: Although foreign exchange reserves are commonly measured in dollars, recent dollar devaluation against other reserve currencies does not necessarily reflect an improvement of finances. For consistency, forward currency swap contracts are not included in this list until they mature, figures that include them may be higher than those listed here.

Rank Country/Monetary Authority Foreign exchange reserves (millions of USD) Figures as of — World (sum of all countries) $ 7,613,325 -- 1 People's Republic of China (does not include Hong Kong SAR Macau SAR) $ 1,808,828 June 2008 2 Japan $ 1,004,653 July 2008 3 Russia $ 560,300 Sep 2008 — Eurozone (EU member states which have adopted the euro, incl. ECB) $ 563,426 March 2008 4 India $ 291,210 Sep 2008 5 Republic of China (Taiwan) $ 282,090 Aug 2008 6 South Korea $ 243,200 Aug 2008 7 Brazil $ 206,510 Sep 2008 8 Singapore $ 174,964 July 2008 9 Hong Kong $ 157,700 July 2008 10 Algeria $ 149,806 September 2008 11 Germany $ 143,942 April 2008 12 Malaysia $ 122,600 August 2008 13 France $ 119,588 May 2008 14 Thailand $ 103,100 Aug 2008 15 Italy $ 102,173 May 2008 16 United Kingdom $ 99,956 March 2008 17 Mexico $ 91,837 April 2008 18 Iran $ 81,000 May 2008 19 Switzerland $ 80,669 March 2008 20 Libya $ 79,000 September 2007 21 Turkey $ 78,187 August 2008 22 Poland $ 76,966 March 2008 23 United States $ 75,850 March 2008 — European Central Bank (ECB, not owned by any single EU member) $ 65,543 February 2008