IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per square kilometre by country
IMF holdings of currency, SDR divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
3.89 million units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Cuba
Median
5,030 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,792
What the numbers show
IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 3.89 million units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,030 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 51,838 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 172 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 1,965.3%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 92.8%).
IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 3.89 million units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 1.02 million units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 609.2% | volatile |
| 3 | San Marino | 820,017 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 190.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 386,500 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 375,896 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Bahrain | 323,554 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 290.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 247,726 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands | 190,912 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 152,050 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 10 | Nauru | 106,000 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Switzerland | 104,947 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Kuwait | 78,607 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Jamaica | 68,010 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66,008 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Israel | 64,864 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 63,376 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Japan | 63,110 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Tuvalu | 63,100 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 19 | South Korea | 62,964 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 60,968 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 55,684 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Maldives | 55,021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Brunei | 50,532 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritius | 50,461 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Lebanon | 49,564 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Qatar | 46,777 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 175.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 45,361 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Grenada | 44,783 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44,304 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 37,137 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 36,599 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 34,451 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 32,574 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Bahamas | 29,962 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28,718 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 28,334 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 28,326 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 903.7% | volatile |
| 38 | France | 27,221 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Ecuador | 26,550 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,965.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 25,278 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 24,257 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.4% | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 23,832 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 250.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 23,674 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 21,037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 20,605 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 46 | Jordan | 19,544 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Ukraine | 19,080 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 18,521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 17,979 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 17,400 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Moldova | 16,158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 15,993 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15,420 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Dominica | 15,322 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Slovakia | 15,068 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.6% | rising |
| 56 | Armenia | 14,767 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Greece | 14,398 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Tonga | 14,394 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Spain | 13,969 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 13,373 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,310.6% | volatile |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 13,073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 12,841 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 213.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 12,813 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 64 | Argentina | 12,278 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,487.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Kiribati | 12,100 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 11,841 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 445.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Comoros | 11,455 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Tunisia | 10,615 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 401.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,611 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Pakistan | 9,977 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Poland | 9,802 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Palau | 9,674 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 9,536 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 74 | Georgia | 9,453 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini | 8,176 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 8,168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 383.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Panama | 8,156 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 7,984 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Romania | 7,873 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Sweden | 7,812 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Norway | 7,397 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 7,352 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 6,768 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 335.5% | volatile |
| 84 | United States | 6,617 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Turkey | 5,907 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 238.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 5,834 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,807 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 469.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Rwanda | 5,682 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Burundi | 5,612 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 5,438 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 554.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Gambia | 5,228 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Haiti | 5,198 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Samoa | 5,168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Lithuania | 5,153 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 5,030 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Latvia | 4,985 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 4,985 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 4,952 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Colombia | 4,777 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 975.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 4,532 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Nigeria | 4,524 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 4,440 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 311.0% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 4,178 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 4,163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 4,040 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 106 | Fiji | 4,031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Venezuela | 3,932 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Benin | 3,849 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 628.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 3,679 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Guatemala | 3,490 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 111 | New Zealand | 3,427 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 3,370 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | 3,370 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 465.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Belarus | 3,357 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Mexico | 3,281 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 153.5% | volatile |
| 116 | India | 3,187 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Iraq | 3,165 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Angola | 2,973 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 280.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 2,873 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Ghana | 2,837 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 2,611 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 141.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Kenya | 2,600 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 473.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 2,548 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Iceland | 2,499 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 125 | China | 2,478 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Liberia | 2,347 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | 2,338 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Indonesia | 2,040 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Suriname | 2,018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 276.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Iran | 1,880 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 1,826 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Uganda | 1,800 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Uruguay | 1,751 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Chile | 1,701 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 1,608 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Syria | 1,599 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 1,563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.2% | rising |
| 138 | Malawi | 1,446 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 139 | East Timor | 1,429 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 191.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Zambia | 1,316 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Oman | 1,292 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Myanmar | 1,254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 216.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 1,254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.7% | rising |
| 145 | Cameroon | 1,185 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 203.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Djibouti | 1,150 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 1,002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Nepal | 983.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Brazil | 953.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Yemen | 922.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 151 | Canada | 898.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 898.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Cambodia | 867.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 863.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Guyana | 861.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 773.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 167.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 762.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Peru | 754.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Libya | 662.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Australia | 612.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Algeria | 599.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Russia | 565.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.0% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 539.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 382.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 496.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 99.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 470.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Namibia | 464.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 420.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 415.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 200.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Congo | 415.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Laos | 401.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Paraguay | 390.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 172 | South Sudan | 389.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.2% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 381.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Madagascar | 367.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 355.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 162.6% | rising |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 354.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Sudan | 337.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 260.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Mozambique | 252.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Botswana | 249.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Bolivia | 197.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 178 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Mongolia | 148.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 131.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania | 130.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Mali | 125.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 108.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 84.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Cuba | 0 units per square kilometre | 2016 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 3,491 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1,162 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
IMF holdings of currency, SDR divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
IMF holdings of currency, SDR ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR International Monetary Fund
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
IMF holdings of currency, SDR divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.