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International reserves — Venezuela

International reserves in Venezuela in 2017 — 9,794,062,065 US$. Ranked 71 in the world out of 176. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,491.3%.

2017 9.79B US$ −3.51% vs 2016
World rank 71of 176
Period maximum 43.07B US$2008
Period minimum 581M US$1961

Trend over time

1960–2017 · US$

International reserves — Venezuela, 1960–2017020B40B60B196019661972197819841990199620022008201420171960: 615,486,000 US$1961: 581,329,000 US$1962: 583,412,200 US$1963: 745,526,800 US$1964: 832,985,200 US$1965: 819,985,200 US$1966: 778,787,400 US$1967: 873,902,000 US$1968: 1,000,929,000 US$1969: 935,072,000 US$1970: 1,046,548,900 US$1971: 1,584,139,131 US$1972: 2,031,779,426 US$1973: 3,193,881,780 US$1974: 8,119,250,127 US$1975: 9,970,588,619 US$1976: 9,630,263,782 US$1977: 9,602,436,275 US$1978: 8,608,724,774 US$1979: 13,187,812,581 US$1980: 13,359,613,705 US$1981: 12,719,712,433 US$1982: 11,814,610,376 US$1983: 12,014,837,512 US$1984: 12,434,220,776 US$1985: 13,998,194,165 US$1986: 10,917,160,675 US$1987: 11,510,455,565 US$1988: 7,793,015,713 US$1989: 8,701,843,815 US$1990: 12,732,617,577 US$1991: 14,718,563,242 US$1992: 13,381,434,154 US$1993: 13,692,654,317 US$1994: 12,459,340,632 US$1995: 10,715,241,771 US$1996: 16,019,843,787 US$1997: 17,703,782,562 US$1998: 14,728,840,877 US$1999: 15,110,150,346 US$2000: 15,898,851,163 US$2001: 12,264,400,223 US$2002: 12,106,510,811 US$2003: 20,820,560,021 US$2004: 23,408,050,057 US$2005: 29,802,940,548 US$2006: 36,715,128,120 US$2007: 33,759,218,865 US$2008: 43,065,463,087 US$2009: 34,317,956,994 US$2010: 29,665,473,906 US$2011: 27,934,651,459 US$2012: 29,468,789,163 US$2013: 20,275,216,409 US$2014: 21,454,894,042 US$2015: 15,625,329,212 US$2016: 10,150,000,484 US$2017: 9,794,062,065 US$
Change over the period: +9.18B (+1,491.27%) Average annual rate: 4.97 %

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Venezuela

Venezuela 9.79B US$
World computed 12.49T US$
Latin America & Caribbean computed 860B US$
South America computed 626B US$
International reserves — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2017 9.79B −356M −3.51%
2016 10.15B −5.48B −35.04%
2015 15.63B −5.83B −27.17%
2014 21.45B +1.18B +5.82%
2013 20.28B −9.19B −31.2%
2012 29.47B +1.53B +5.49%
2011 27.93B −1.73B −5.83%
2010 29.67B −4.65B −13.56%
2009 34.32B −8.75B −20.31%
2008 43.07B +9.31B +27.57%
2007 33.76B −2.96B −8.05%
2006 36.72B +6.91B +23.19%
2005 29.8B +6.39B +27.32%
2004 23.41B +2.59B +12.43%
2003 20.82B +8.71B +71.98%
2002 12.11B −158M −1.29%
2001 12.26B −3.63B −22.86%
2000 15.9B +789M +5.22%
1999 15.11B +381M +2.59%
1998 14.73B −2.97B −16.8%
1997 17.7B +1.68B +10.51%
1996 16.02B +5.3B +49.51%
1995 10.72B −1.74B −14%
1994 12.46B −1.23B −9.01%
1993 13.69B +311M +2.33%
1992 13.38B −1.34B −9.08%
1991 14.72B +1.99B +15.6%
1990 12.73B +4.03B +46.32%
1989 8.7B +909M +11.66%
1988 7.79B −3.72B −32.3%
1987 11.51B +593M +5.43%
1986 10.92B −3.08B −22.01%
1985 14B +1.56B +12.58%
1984 12.43B +419M +3.49%
1983 12.01B +200M +1.69%
1982 11.81B −905M −7.12%
1981 12.72B −640M −4.79%
1980 13.36B +172M +1.3%
1979 13.19B +4.58B +53.19%
1978 8.61B −994M −10.35%
1977 9.6B −27.83M −0.29%
1976 9.63B −340M −3.41%
1975 9.97B +1.85B +22.8%
1974 8.12B +4.93B +154.21%
1973 3.19B +1.16B +57.2%
1972 2.03B +448M +28.26%
1971 1.58B +538M +51.37%
1970 1.05B +111M +11.92%
1969 935M −65.86M −6.58%
1968 1B +127M +14.54%
1967 874M +95.11M +12.21%
1966 779M −41.2M −5.02%
1965 820M −13M −1.56%
1964 833M +87.46M +11.73%
1963 746M +162M +27.79%
1962 583M +2.08M +0.36%
1961 581M −34.16M −5.55%
1960 615M — —

South America, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BR Brazil 374B PE Peru 63.82B AR Argentina 55.31B CO Colombia 47.13B CL Chile 38.98B UY Uruguay 15.96B BO Bolivia 10.25B VE Venezuela 9.79B PY Paraguay 7.88B EC Ecuador 2.17B GY Guyana 565M SR Suriname 425M
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About the indicator

Total international reserves, including monetary gold, special drawing rights, the reserve position in the IMF and foreign currency assets under the control of the central bank. Reserves are a buffer for servicing external obligations and supporting the exchange rate; their adequacy is assessed in months of imports.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

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