Laos vs Mauritania: Total reserves

Laos
2.21 billion includes gold, current US$
in 2024
Mauritania
2.04 billion includes gold, current US$
in 2021
Laos rank
128th
Mauritania rank
130th

Total reserves over time

  • Laos
  • Mauritania
0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B196219932024

How they compare

Laos currently reports 2.21 billion includes gold, current US$ against 2.04 billion includes gold, current US$ in Mauritania, a difference of 174.44 million includes gold, current US$.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Mauritania ahead.

Laos ranks 128th and Mauritania ranks 130th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Unit
includes gold, current US$
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 9,490 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.