[Economic Report of the President (2007)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-111.--International reserves, selected years, 1962-2006 [Millions of SDRs; end of period] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Area and country 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002 2005 ----------------------- Oct Nov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All countries....................................................... 62,851 146,658 361,239 752,566 1,889,85 2,999,925 3,317,229 3,334,034 3 Industrial countries \1\............................................ 53,502 113,362 214,025 424,229 757,511 959,256 969,885 966,003 United States..................................................... 17,220 12,112 29,918 52,995 59,160 46,994 46,008 46,071 Canada............................................................ 2,561 5,572 3,439 8,662 27,225 23,066 24,041 24,151 Euro area: Austria......................................................... 1,081 2,505 5,544 9,703 7,480 5,125 5,501 5,607 Belgium......................................................... 1,753 3,564 4,757 10,914 9,010 6,022 5,755 6,070 Finland......................................................... 237 664 1,420 3,862 6,885 7,416 4,413 4,433 France.......................................................... 4,049 9,224 17,850 22,522 24,268 22,597 29,167 28,799 Germany......................................................... 6,958 21,908 43,909 69,489 41,516 35,440 32,383 31,944 Greece.......................................................... 287 950 916 3,606 6,083 476 513 700 Ireland......................................................... 359 1,038 2,390 2,514 3,989 551 467 504 Italy........................................................... 4,068 5,605 15,108 22,438 23,798 20,611 20,086 20,635 Luxembourg...................................................... ....... ....... ........ ........ 114 171 148 147 Netherlands..................................................... 1,943 4,407 10,723 17,492 7,993 7,069 7,469 7,219 Portugal........................................................ 680 2,129 1,179 14,474 8,889 2,904 1,772 1,675 Spain........................................................... 1,045 4,618 7,450 33,640 25,992 7,286 7,631 7,653 Australia......................................................... 1,168 5,656 6,053 8,429 15,307 29,434 32,890 33,037 Japan............................................................. 2,021 16,916 22,001 52,937 340,088 584,568 589,156 585,209 New Zealand....................................................... 251 767 577 2,239 3,650 6,222 8,596 8,541 Denmark........................................................... 256 787 2,111 8,090 19,924 23,115 20,257 20,722 Iceland........................................................... 32 78 133 364 326 727 680 877 Norway............................................................ 304 1,220 6,273 8,725 23,579 32,874 36,307 35,128 San Marino........................................................ ....... ....... ........ ........ 135 248 .......... .......... Sweden............................................................ 802 1,453 3,397 16,667 12,807 15,645 15,543 16,044 Switzerland....................................................... 2,919 6,961 16,930 27,100 31,693 26,847 26,174 25,797 United Kingdom.................................................... 3,308 5,201 11,904 27,300 27,973 27,264 27,947 28,282 Developing countries: Total \2\..................................... 9,349 33,295 147,213 328,337 1,132,34 2,040,669 2,347,344 2,368,031 3 By area: Africa.......................................................... 2,110 3,962 7,737 13,044 54,011 113,205 142,266 144,844 Asia \2\........................................................ 2,772 8,130 44,490 190,363 719,917 1,306,583 1,468,142 1,476,216 China, P.R.: Mainland........................................... ....... ....... 10,733 15,441 214,815 575,454 684,443 690,069 India........................................................... 512 1,087 4,213 4,584 50,174 92,704 109,404 111,928 Korea........................................................... 169 485 2,556 12,463 89,272 147,166 155,002 155,338 Europe.......................................................... 381 2,680 5,359 16,006 140,924 302,163 380,203 392,731 Russia.......................................................... ....... ....... ........ ........ 32,840 123,499 179,463 186,797 Middle East..................................................... 1,805 9,436 64,039 44,149 98,645 139,392 156,611 152,407 Western Hemisphere.............................................. 2,282 9,089 25,563 64,774 118,846 179,327 200,123 201,832 Memo: Oil-exporting countries......................................... 2,030 9,956 67,108 46,144 110,079 186,921 224,269 222,724 Non-oil developing countries \2\................................ 7,319 23,339 80,105 282,193 1,022,26 1,853,748 2,123,076 2,145,307 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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; 2005--1.4293; October 2006--1.48004; and November 2006--1.50773. Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.