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{"content":"Your list is largely accurate for a 2025 snapshot of countries with the largest foreign-exchange reserves (FX reserves). Below I summarise the key figures and provide some context and caveats.
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✅ Top Countries (2025)
Here are the reported approximate FX reserves (including foreign-currency assets, gold, SDRs etc) for the leading countries:
Rank Country Approximate FX Reserves*
1 China ≈ US$ 3.57 trillion.
2 Japan ≈ US$ 1.24 trillion.
3 Switzerland ≈ US$ 952.7 billion.
4 India ≈ US$ 686.1 billion.
5 Russia ≈ US$ 620.8 billion.
6 Taiwan ≈ US$ 576.8 billion.
7 Saudi Arabia ≈ US$ 434.5 billion.
8 Hong Kong (SAR) ≈ US$ 421.4 billion.
9 South Korea ≈ US$ 415.7 billion.
10 Brazil ≈ US$ 388.6 billion.
*Figures rounded; some sources show slight variations.
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📝 Context & Important Notes
These reserves include foreign-currency assets, gold, SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) and reserve positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
For example, China’s reserves have been reported around US$3.3 trillion in more recent records.
The total global FX reserves are estimated around US$ 12.3 trillion in 2025.
The ranking can vary depending on whether you include/exclude gold, what date the data is taken, and exchange-rate effects.
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⚠️ A Few Caveats
Some numbers are approximate or “as of” particular months; thus comparing across countries may involve slightly different cut-dates.
The composition of reserves (currency mix, gold vs cash, etc) matters for risk/return but is less often public in detail.
Having large reserves is beneficial (buffer for external shocks, support for currency) but it’s not the only measure of economic strength. For example, a country with large reserves but large external liabilities might still face vulnerabilities.
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If you like, I can pull together a full ranked table of, say, the top 20 countries for 2025 (with latest available data) and highlight trends (increase/decrease from past years). Would that be helpful?","images":[],"tags":[],"tradingPairs":[],"quotearticleid":0}