[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-111.--International reserves, selected years, 1962-2002 [Millions of SDRs; end of period] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 Area and country 1962 1972 1982 1992 2000 2001 ----------------------- Aug Sept -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All countries....................................................... 62,851 146,658 361,239 752,566 1,581,17 1,732,843 1,831,975 1,855,046 3 Industrial countries \1\............................................ 53,502 113,362 214,025 424,229 678,199 710,768 742,676 754,198 United States..................................................... 17,220 12,112 29,918 52,995 52,598 55,030 57,784 58,175 Canada............................................................ 2,561 5,572 3,439 8,662 24,544 27,061 27,790 27,521 Euro area: Austria......................................................... 1,081 2,505 5,544 9,703 11,414 10,345 9,647 9,555 Belgium......................................................... 1,753 3,564 4,757 10,914 7,961 9,255 8,950 9,186 Finland......................................................... 237 664 1,420 3,862 6,178 6,408 6,706 6,974 France.......................................................... 4,049 9,224 17,850 22,522 31,831 28,667 26,133 25,992 Germany......................................................... 6,958 21,908 43,909 69,489 47,567 44,717 42,593 43,165 Greece.......................................................... 287 950 916 3,606 10,452 4,239 5,591 5,790 Ireland......................................................... 359 1,038 2,390 2,514 4,120 4,452 3,866 3,947 Italy........................................................... 4,068 5,605 15,108 22,438 22,382 22,190 21,165 22,986 Luxembourg...................................................... ....... ....... ........ ........ 61 87 118 117 Netherlands..................................................... 1,943 4,407 10,723 17,492 8,427 8,184 8,892 8,637 Portugal........................................................ 680 2,129 1,179 14,474 7,520 8,374 8,759 9,002 Spain........................................................... 1,045 4,618 7,450 33,640 24,373 24,128 24,465 25,129 Australia......................................................... 1,168 5,656 6,053 8,429 13,996 14,377 14,836 15,111 Japan............................................................. 2,021 16,916 22,001 52,937 273,251 315,292 338,615 343,164 New Zealand....................................................... 251 767 577 2,239 2,555 2,394 1,939 2,223 Denmark........................................................... 256 787 2,111 8,090 11,671 13,690 19,130 19,910 Iceland........................................................... 32 78 133 364 301 271 310 421 Norway............................................................ 304 1,220 6,273 8,725 15,518 12,366 13,358 13,416 Sweden............................................................ 802 1,453 3,397 16,667 11,616 11,330 12,874 12,620 Switzerland....................................................... 2,919 6,961 16,930 27,100 27,492 27,936 29,333 30,670 United Kingdom.................................................... 3,308 5,201 11,904 27,300 34,236 30,067 30,885 31,128 Developing countries: Total \2\..................................... 9,349 33,295 147,213 328,337 902,975 1,022,075 1,089,299 1,100,848 By area: Africa.......................................................... 2,110 3,962 7,737 13,044 42,633 52,309 53,754 54,262 Asia \2\........................................................ 2,772 8,130 44,490 190,363 547,584 631,039 690,326 697,066 Europe.......................................................... 381 2,680 5,359 16,006 98,637 112,275 131,551 134,322 Middle East..................................................... 1,805 9,436 64,039 44,149 93,328 99,498 96,674 97,077 Western Hemisphere.............................................. 2,282 9,089 25,563 64,774 120,792 126,954 116,993 118,120 Memo: Oil-exporting countries......................................... 2,030 9,956 67,108 46,144 103,734 111,826 108,991 109,437 Non-oil developing countries \2\................................ 7,319 23,339 80,105 282,193 799,240 910,249 980,308 991,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Includes data for Luxembourg 1962-92. Includes data for European Central Bank (ECB) beginning 1999. Detail does not add to totals shown. \2\ Includes data for Taiwan Province of China. Note.--International reserves is comprised of monetary authorities' holdings of gold (at SDR 35 per ounce), special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve positions in the International Monetary Fund, and foreign exchange. U.S. dollars per SDR (end of period) are: 1962--1.00000; 1972--1.08571; 1982--1.10311; 1992--1.37500; 2000--1.3029; 2001--1.2567; August 2002--1.3275; and September 2002--1.3227. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.