20 countries with the largest foreign exchange reserves
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India is among the top 10 nations in terms of foreign exchange reserves.
Foreign exchange reserves, often taken as a yardstick to gauge a country's financial strength, are the foreign currency deposits and bonds held by central banks or monetary authorities (it is the Reserve Bank in the case of India).
Forex reserves include a country's gold holdings and convertible foreign currencies held in its banks, including special drawing rights and exchange reserve balances, with the International Monetary Fund.
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China (Rank 1)
Foreign exchange reserves: $3.31 trillion
(As of Dec 2012)
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Image: China
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Foreign exchange reserves: $1.25 trillion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: An elementary school boy holds a Japanese traditional calculating tool called the soroban (abacus).
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Saudi Arabia (Rank 3)
Foreign exchange reserves: $626.80 billion
(As of Dec 2012)
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Image: Kingdom Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Russia (Rank 4)
Foreign exchange reserves: $527.70 billion
(As of March 2013)
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Image: Moscow
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Foreign exchange reserves: $522.18 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Taiwan (Rank 6)
Foreign exchange reserves: $403.17 billion
(As of Dec 2012)
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Image: People visit a giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver built in a park in central Taiwan's city of Taichung.
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Foreign exchange reserves: $376.93 billion
(As of Mar 2013)
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Republic of Korea (Rank 8)
Foreign exchange reserves: $327.39 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: A bank employee counts one hundred dollar notes at a bank in Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters.
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Foreign exchange reserves: $304.77 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: Bank of China tower and Cheung Kong Centre tower in Hong Kong's central district.
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India (Rank 10)
Foreign exchange reserves: $290.91 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Singapore (Rank 11)
Foreign exchange reserves: $259.13 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: Tourists stand at a promenade across the water from the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort in Singapore.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters.
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Germany (Rank 12)
Foreign exchange reserves: $240.55 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Algeria (Rank 13)
Foreign exchange reserves: $190.50 billion
(As of Dec 2012)
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Image: Algiers.
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Thailand (Rank 14)
Foreign exchange reserves: $179.27 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: View of Bangkok.
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France (Rank 15)
Foreign exchange reserves: $179.24 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Photographs: Reuters.
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Italy (Rank 16)
Foreign exchange reserves: $175.58 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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Image: A view of Milan.
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Mexico (Rank 17)
Foreign exchange reserves: $171.25 billion
(As of Jan 2013)
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Image: Mexico City, Mexico.
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United States (Rank 18)
Foreign exchange reserves: $148.03 billion
(As of Mar 2013)
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Image: The US Capitol dome in Washington.
Photographs: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters.
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Malaysia (Rank 19)
Foreign exchange reserves: $140.30 billion
(As of Feb 2013)
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