| A2-21 Foreign Exchange Reserves and Gold Reserves | ||||||
| Source: IMF IFS Database. | ||||||
| Country or Area | Foreign Exchange Reserves(100 million USD) | Gold Reserves(10 000 ounces) | ||||
| 2000 | 2005 | 2011 | 2000 | 2005 | 2011 | |
| World | 19358.6 | 43199.6 | 101956.1 | 106603.9 | 99151.7 | 100322.9 |
| Developed Countries | 12170.3 | 20784.9 | 33987.7 | 81688.3 | 74421.0 | 70517.7 |
| Developing Economies | 14028.4 | 13886.6 | ||||
| China | 1655.7 | 8188.7 | 31811.5 | 1270.0 | 1929.0 | 3389.0 |
| Hong Kong, China | 1075.4 | 1242.4 | 2852.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Macao, China | 33.2 | 66.9 | 340.3 | |||
| Bangladesh | 14.9 | 27.7 | 77.8 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 43.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 3.6 | 4.3 | 21.3 | 6.3 | ||
| Cambodia | 5.0 | 9.5 | 33.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 |
| India | 372.6 | 1310.2 | 2629.3 | 1150.2 | 1150.2 | 1793.2 |
| Indonesia | 282.8 | 329.3 | 1036.1 | 310.1 | 310.0 | 235.0 |
| Israel | 231.6 | 278.4 | 730.5 | |||
| Japan | 3472.1 | 8288.1 | 12212.5 | 2454.7 | 2460.2 | 2460.2 |
| Kazakhstan | 15.9 | 60.8 | 246.5 | 184.0 | 192.1 | 263.6 |
| Korea, Rep. | 958.6 | 2099.7 | 2982.3 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 175.0 |
| Laos | 1.4 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 14.6 | 28.5 |
| Malaysia | 274.3 | 693.8 | 1289.6 | 117.0 | 117.0 | 117.0 |
| Mongolia | 1.8 | 3.3 | 22.1 | 8.5 | 11.3 | |
| Myanmar | 2.2 | 7.7 | 70.0 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 23.4 |
| Pakistan | 15.0 | 98.2 | 134.7 | 209.1 | 209.8 | 207.0 |
| Philippines | 129.8 | 158.0 | 657.0 | 722.8 | 496.8 | 511.7 |
| Singapore | 795.1 | 1155.0 | 2353.6 | 409.6 | 409.6 | 409.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 9.8 | 25.8 | 61.7 | 33.6 | 16.7 | 32.1 |
| Thailand | 319.3 | 505.0 | 1652.0 | 236.7 | 270.0 | 490.0 |
| Viet Nam | 34.2 | 90.5 | 131.3 | |||
| Egypt | 129.1 | 205.1 | 136.6 | 243.2 | 243.2 | 243.1 |
| Nigeria | 99.1 | 282.8 | 326.4 | 68.7 | 68.7 | 68.7 |
| South Africa | 57.9 | 182.6 | 398.5 | 590.0 | 398.7 | 401.9 |
| Canada | 290.2 | 306.6 | 528.1 | 118.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| Mexico | 351.4 | 730.2 | 1374.9 | 24.9 | 10.8 | 340.8 |
| United States | 312.4 | 378.4 | 518.8 | 26161.1 | 26155.1 | 26149.9 |
| Argentina | 244.1 | 227.4 | 400.8 | 1.9 | 176.0 | 198.5 |
| Brazil | 324.3 | 532.2 | 3433.8 | 211.8 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Venezuela | 126.3 | 234.5 | 60.0 | 1024.0 | 1147.0 | 1176.0 |
| Czech Rep. | 130.2 | 291.4 | 378.5 | 44.6 | 43.5 | 40.0 |
| France | 321.1 | 240.0 | 261.5 | 9724.5 | 9085.2 | 7830.1 |
| Germany | 496.7 | 397.7 | 380.8 | 11151.9 | 11020.7 | 10919.4 |
| Italy | 224.2 | 235.3 | 341.6 | 7882.9 | 7882.9 | 7882.9 |
| Netherlands | 70.0 | 70.8 | 91.6 | 2931.5 | 2234.3 | 1969.1 |
| Poland | 263.2 | 404.9 | 896.9 | 330.6 | 330.8 | 330.9 |
| Russian Fed. | 242.6 | 1756.9 | 4411.6 | 1235.9 | 1243.8 | 2838.8 |
| Spain | 295.2 | 85.9 | 258.4 | 1682.9 | 1471.7 | 905.4 |
| Turkey | 223.1 | 504.0 | 766.6 | 373.9 | 373.3 | 628.0 |
| Ukraine | 11.0 | 189.9 | 303.9 | 45.4 | 78.0 | 90.1 |
| United Kingdom | 341.6 | 358.5 | 562.4 | 1567.3 | 999.3 | 997.5 |
| Australia | 167.8 | 409.7 | 360.0 | 256.3 | 256.5 | 256.7 |
| New Zealand | 36.2 | 86.9 | 152.4 | |||