[Economic Report of the President (2006)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-111.--International reserves, selected years, 1962-2005 [Millions of SDRs; end of period] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Area and country 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002 2004 ----------------------- Oct Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All countries....................................................... 62,851 146,658 361,239 752,566 1,889,30 2,520,724 2,913,251 .......... 7 Industrial countries \1\............................................ 53,502 113,362 214,025 424,229 757,942 930,204 952,991 .......... United States..................................................... 17,220 12,112 29,918 52,995 59,160 58,022 50,083 49,690 Canada............................................................ 2,561 5,572 3,439 8,662 27,225 22,173 23,633 23,980 Euro area: Austria......................................................... 1,081 2,505 5,544 9,703 7,480 5,406 5,803 5,636 Belgium......................................................... 1,753 3,564 4,757 10,914 9,010 6,962 6,660 6,656 Finland......................................................... 237 664 1,420 3,862 6,885 7,987 6,991 7,001 France.......................................................... 4,049 9,224 17,850 22,522 24,268 26,098 23,738 24,197 Germany......................................................... 6,958 21,908 43,909 69,489 41,516 35,301 36,440 36,006 Greece.......................................................... 287 950 916 3,606 6,083 888 686 623 Ireland......................................................... 359 1,038 2,390 2,514 3,989 1,829 1,741 670 Italy........................................................... 4,068 5,605 15,108 22,438 23,798 20,698 20,285 21,432 Luxembourg...................................................... ....... ....... ........ ........ 114 195 195 183 Netherlands..................................................... 1,943 4,407 10,723 17,492 7,993 7,380 7,620 7,378 Portugal........................................................ 680 2,129 1,179 14,474 8,889 3,852 3,550 3,626 Spain........................................................... 1,045 4,618 7,450 33,640 25,992 8,566 7,129 7,507 Australia......................................................... 1,168 5,656 6,053 8,429 15,307 23,143 27,716 29,662 Japan............................................................. 2,021 16,916 22,001 52,937 340,088 537,813 575,084 584,424 New Zealand....................................................... 251 767 577 2,239 2,750 3,409 4,593 .......... Denmark........................................................... 256 787 2,111 8,090 19,924 25,241 23,064 22,487 Iceland........................................................... 32 78 133 364 326 676 657 693 Norway............................................................ 304 1,220 6,273 8,725 23,579 28,530 29,301 30,383 San Marino........................................................ ....... ....... ........ ........ 135 229 .......... .......... Sweden............................................................ 802 1,453 3,397 16,667 12,807 14,458 14,854 14,966 Switzerland....................................................... 2,919 6,961 16,930 27,100 31,693 37,259 26,280 26,673 United Kingdom.................................................... 3,308 5,201 11,904 27,300 29,305 29,548 29,455 30,262 Developing countries: Total \2\..................................... 9,349 33,295 147,213 328,337 1,131,36 1,590,525 1,960,261 .......... 5 By area: Africa.......................................................... 2,110 3,962 7,737 13,044 54,155 82,599 105,958 .......... Asia \2\........................................................ 2,772 8,130 44,490 190,363 720,289 1,041,653 1,268,949 .......... Europe.......................................................... 381 2,680 5,359 16,006 139,325 214,557 277,398 .......... Middle East..................................................... 1,805 9,436 64,039 44,149 98,645 108,899 133,354 .......... Western Hemisphere.............................................. 2,282 9,089 25,563 64,774 118,953 142,817 174,602 .......... Memo: Oil-exporting countries......................................... 2,030 9,956 67,108 46,144 110,079 139,674 175,138 .......... Non-oil developing countries \2\................................ 7,319 23,339 80,105 282,193 1,021,28 1,450,851 1,785,124 .......... 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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; 2002--1.3595; 2004--1.5530; October 2005--1.4458; and November 2005--1.4241. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.