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Foreign exchange reserves including gold, billion USD, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 16 countries was 54.47 billion U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Brazil: 355.02 billion U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Bolivia: 1.8 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
Brazil 355.02 1 1960 - 2023
Mexico 214.32 2 1960 - 2023
Peru 71.39 3 1960 - 2023
Colombia 59.04 4 1960 - 2023
Chile 46.38 5 1960 - 2023
Argentina 23.08 6 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 21.31 7 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 16.26 8 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 15.55 9 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 13.23 10 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 9.89 11 1960 - 2023
Honduras 7.54 12 1960 - 2023
Panama 6.76 13 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 5.45 14 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 4.44 15 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 1.8 16 1960 - 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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