LIST OF NATIONS HAVING THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL RESERVES

The nations with the largest foreign reserves have been identified.

China tops the list of nations with the biggest reserves (measured in both US dollars and gold), followed by Japan, Switzerland, the USA, and India in the top five, with countries like Cuba, Estonia, Cyprus, Yemen, and South Sudan at the bottom of the list.

Reserves are money that central banks transfer to one another on a global scale in exchange for gold or a globally recognized currency, such as the US dollar or the euro.

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China: $3,427,931

Japan: $1,405,748

Switzerland: $1,109,821

USA: $716,152

India: $638,484

Russia: $632,241

Hong Kong: $496,867

Saudi Arabia: $473,889

South Korea: $463,281

Singapore: $425,097

Brazil: $362,210

Germany: $295,736

Thailand: $246,025

France: $244,280

Italy: $227,478

Israel: $212,933

Mexico: $207,799

UK: $194,181

Indonesia: $144,907

UAE: $131,116

Turkey: $109,534

Canada: $106,615

Spain: $92,201

Norway: $84,270

Denmark: $82,235

Australia: $57,877

South Africa: $57,597

Argentina: $39,653

Nigeria: $36,729

Pakistan: $22,811

Finland: $16,744

Greece: $14,447

Ireland: $13,247

Venezuela: $9,794

Belarus: $8,424

Latvia: $5,491

Ethiopia: $3,046

Estonia: $2,371

Cyprus: $1,611

Yemen: $946

South Sudan: $183

Cuba: 0