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Foreign exchange reserves including gold, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 6 countries was 13.37 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Australia: 61.7 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Tonga: 0.4 billion U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Reserves, 2023 Global rank Available data
Australia 61.7 1 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 15.49 2 1960 - 2023
Fiji 1.55 3 1965 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.64 4 1981 - 2023
Samoa 0.45 5 1964 - 2023
Tonga 0.4 6 1977 - 2023



Definition: Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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