Foreign Exchange Reserves Including Gold

Middle East Ranking

billion USDSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Saudi Arabia	472.85	2020	1	514.96
2	Israel	173.29	2020	2	126.01
3	United Arab Emirates	106.7	2020	3	108.36
4	Turkey	93.51	2020	4	105.62
5	Iraq	54.42	2020	5	68.02
6 ↑	Kuwait	52.92	2020	7	43.67
7 ↓	Lebanon	42.44	2020	6	52.21
8	Qatar	40.97	2020	8	39.72
9	Syria	20.63	2010	9	18.3
10 ↑	Jordan	15.54	2016	11	16.57
11 ↓	Oman	15.01	2020	10	16.66
12	Afghanistan	9.75	2020	12	8.5
13 ↑	Iran	7.69	1982	15	3.33
14 ↓	Yemen	5.34	2013	13	6.15
15 ↓	Bahrain	2.52	2020	14	3.9

Definition of Foreign Exchange Reserves Including Gold

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.