2-28  Foreign Exchange and Gold  Reserves
Source: IMF Database.
Country or Area    
Foreign Exchange Gold Reserves
(100 million USD) (10000 fine troy ounces)
2000 2006 2007 2000 2006 2007
             
World 106291.0 97670.6 96047.3
Developed Countries 79697.7 71337.4 69672.7
Developing Countries 15608.6 15436.4 15588.2
 China 1655.7 10663.4 15282.5 1270.0 1929.0 1929.0
 Hong Kong, China 1075.4 1331.7 1526.4 6.7 6.7 6.7
 Bangladesh 14.9 38.0 51.8 10.9 11.3 11.3
 Brunei Darussalam 3.6 4.6 6.3
 Cambodia 5.0 11.6 18.1 40.0 40.0 40.0
 India 372.6 1701.9 2665.5 1150.2 1150.2 1150.2
 Indonesia 282.8 408.7 547.4 310.1 235.0 235.0
 Israel 231.6 290.1 284.1      
 Japan 3472.1 8749.4 9483.6 2454.7 2460.2 2460.2
 Kazakhstan 15.9 177.5 157.8 184.0 216.5 223.6
 Korea, Rep. 958.6 2383.9 2617.7 43.9 41.8 45.9
 Laos 1.4 3.1 5.2 1.7 21.0 21.0
 Malaysia 274.3 817.2 1006.4 117.0 117.0 117.0
 Mongolia 1.8 9.3 12.0 8.5 21.4 24.0
 Myanmar 2.2 12.4   23.1 23.1  
 Pakistan 15.0 113.3 138.3 209.1 210.0 210.0
 Philippines 129.7 198.9 300.7 722.8 462.1 423.3
 Singapore 797.2 1358.1 1625.2
 Sri Lanka 9.8 27.6 34.3 33.6 16.7 16.7
 Thailand 319.3 651.5 851.1 236.7 270.0 270.0
 Viet Nam 34.2 133.8 235.9
 Egypt 129.1 243.4 300.5 243.2 243.1 243.1
 Nigeria 99.1 423.0 513.3 68.7 68.7 68.7
 South Africa 57.9 227.2 292.3 590.0 399.0 399.5
 Canada 290.2 332.0 393.1 118.4 10.9 10.9
 Mexico 351.4 754.5 863.1 24.9 9.3 11.9
 United States 312.4 409.4 458.0 26161.1 26149.9 26149.9
 Argentina 244.1 304.2 441.8 1.9 176.0 176.0
 Brazil 324.3 851.5 1794.3 211.8 108.0 108.0
 Venezuela 126.3 289.3 236.9 1024.0 1148.0 1147.0
 Belarus 3.5 10.7 39.5   50.0 27.2
 Czech Republic 130.2 310.5 344.5 44.6 43.3 42.9
 France 321.1 402.9 435.9 9724.5 8744.3 8369.1
 Germany 496.7 377.2 407.7 11151.9 11003.7 10987.2
 Italy 224.2 244.1 273.2 7882.9 7882.9 7882.9
 Netherlands 70.0 93.3 87.5 2931.5 2060.7 1998.0
 Poland 263.2 461.1 627.2 330.6 330.8 330.8
 Russian Fed. 242.6 2952.8 4655.0 1235.9 1290.8 1447.9
 Spain 295.2 100.9 107.9 1682.9 1339.9 905.4
 Turkey 223.1 607.1 731.6 373.9 373.3 373.3
 Ukraine 11.0 218.4 317.8 45.4 81.0 83.7
 United Kingdom 341.6 388.9 475.0 1567.4 997.5 997.5
 Australia 167.8 528.2 242.4 256.3 256.5 256.6
 New Zealand 36.2 139.2 171.2