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Percent of world foreign exchange reserves, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 11 countries was 0.37 percent. The highest value was in Brazil: 2.45 percent and the lowest value was in Guyana: 0.006 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
Brazil 2.45 1 -
Peru 0.493 2 -
Colombia 0.407 3 -
Chile 0.32 4 -
Argentina 0.159 5 -
Uruguay 0.112 6 -
Paraguay 0.068 7 -
Ecuador 0.031 8 -
Bolivia 0.012 9 -
Suriname 0.009 10 -
Guyana 0.006 11 -


New - World map: Percent of world foreign exchange reserves




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

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