Per capita of TOP 10 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
in absolute value
COUNTRY.........US$ per capita
INDIA...............$151
PRC..................$787
MEXICO............$791
RUSSIA..........$2,201
MALAYSIA......$3,375
KOREA...........$4,811
JAPAN...........$6,784
TAIWAN.......$12,181
HONG KONG$19,019
SINGAPORE.$29,963
(note:For SG,I take population size of 4.5 million,4,492,150,
inclusive of citizens 3.3m,SPR 400,000 and foreigners
800,000.)
source:
Reserves of foreign exchange and
gold----https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2188rank.html
you can try out different tables in CIA site.
I just calculate the top ten in absolute values and get the per
capita value.
I have not checked per capita value of each countries.
But ,I think for the population size of SG,SG per capitia
should be the top three,if not the no.1.
Rank
Country
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Date of Information
1
China $ 1,034,000,000,000 2006 est.
2
Japan $ 864,700,000,000 August 2006 est.
3
Russia $ 314,500,000,000 2006 est.
4
Taiwan $ 280,600,000,000 2006 est.
5
Korea, South $ 235,000,000,000 2006 est.
6
India $ 165,000,000,000 2006 est.
7
Singapore $ 134,600,000,000 2006 est.
8
Hong Kong $ 132,000,000,000 November 2006 est.
9
Mexico $ 85,010,000,000 2006 est.
10
Malaysia $ 82,300,000,000 2006 est.
2.Pl tell me if the reserves is included in the assets of
GICand Temasek
Holdings?
3.Who owns the foreign reserves,Governments or banks?
4.Has the reserves been invested?What is the performances?
