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Percent of world foreign exchange reserves, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 0.472 percent. The highest value was in Germany: 2.227 percent and the lowest value was in Malta: 0.008 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Global Economy
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Countries Percent of world foreign exchange reserves, 2023 Global rank Available data
Germany 2.227 1 1960 - 2023
Italy 1.707 2 1960 - 2023
France 1.662 3 1960 - 2023
Poland 1.337 4 1979 - 2023
Czechia 1.024 5 1993 - 2023
Denmark 0.755 6 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.711 7 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.504 8 1973 - 2023
Netherlands 0.482 9 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.42 10 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.32 11 1991 - 2023
Hungary 0.316 12 1983 - 2023
Belgium 0.282 13 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.243 14 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.215 15 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.117 16 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.094 17 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.089 18 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.078 19 1993 - 2023
Lithuania 0.043 20 1992 - 2023
Latvia 0.034 21 1993 - 2023
Croatia 0.022 22 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.021 23 1984 - 2023
Estonia 0.018 24 1992 - 2023
Slovenia 0.016 25 1991 - 2023
Cyprus 0.012 26 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.008 27 1960 - 2023


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Definition: Foreign exchange reserves including gold as percent of total world foreign exchange reserves.

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