IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per square kilometre by country
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar 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
5.22 million units per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Cuba
Median
6,749 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,792
What the numbers show
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per square kilometre is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 5.22 million units per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,749 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 69,550 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 171 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 1,699.3%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 93.7%).
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 5.22 million units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Barbados | 1.37 million units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 517.8% | volatile |
| 3 | San Marino | 1.10 million units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 152.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Malta | 518,553 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 504,327 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Bahrain | 434,101 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 332,367 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands | 256,141 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium | 204,000 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 10 | Nauru | 142,217 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Switzerland | 140,805 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Kuwait | 105,464 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Jamaica | 91,247 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Trinidad and Tobago | 88,560 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Israel | 87,026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 85,030 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Japan | 84,673 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Tuvalu | 84,659 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 19 | South Korea | 84,477 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 81,799 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 74,710 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Maldives | 73,820 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Brunei | 67,798 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritius | 67,702 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Lebanon | 66,499 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Qatar | 62,760 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 60,860 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Grenada | 60,084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 59,441 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 49,826 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 49,103 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 46,222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Lucia | 43,703 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Bahamas | 40,199 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38,531 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 38,015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 38,004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 774.5% | volatile |
| 38 | France | 36,522 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ecuador | 35,621 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,699.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 33,914 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 32,545 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 31,975 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 205.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Cyprus | 31,763 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 28,224 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 27,644 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 46 | Jordan | 26,222 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Ukraine | 25,599 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 24,849 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 24,122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Portugal | 23,346 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Moldova | 21,678 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 21,457 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20,689 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Dominica | 20,558 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Slovakia | 20,217 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 56 | Armenia | 19,813 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Greece | 19,317 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Tonga | 19,312 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Spain | 18,742 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 17,942 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,129.0% | volatile |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 17,540 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 17,228 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 17,191 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 64 | Argentina | 16,474 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,282.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Kiribati | 16,234 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 15,886 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Comoros | 15,369 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Tunisia | 14,242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 336.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Pakistan | 13,386 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Poland | 13,151 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Palau | 12,979 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 12,794 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 74 | Georgia | 12,683 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini | 10,970 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,958 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Panama | 10,942 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 10,712 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Romania | 10,563 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Sweden | 10,481 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Norway | 9,925 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 9,865 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 9,080 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 279.4% | volatile |
| 84 | United States | 8,878 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Turkey | 7,925 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 7,828 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7,792 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 396.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Rwanda | 7,623 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Burundi | 7,530 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 7,296 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 470.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Gambia | 7,015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Haiti | 6,974 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Samoa | 6,934 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Lithuania | 6,914 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 6,749 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 277.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Latvia | 6,689 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 6,688 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Philippines | 6,644 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Colombia | 6,409 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 837.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 6,080 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Nigeria | 6,069 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 5,958 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 258.1% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 5,606 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 5,586 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 5,420 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 106 | Fiji | 5,408 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Venezuela | 5,275 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Benin | 5,164 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 534.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Vietnam | 4,936 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Guatemala | 4,682 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 111 | New Zealand | 4,597 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 4,521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Gabon | 4,521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 392.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Belarus | 4,505 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Mexico | 4,402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 116 | India | 4,277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Iraq | 4,246 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Angola | 3,988 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 231.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 3,855 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Ghana | 3,807 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 3,503 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Kenya | 3,488 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 399.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 3,419 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Iceland | 3,353 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 125 | China | 3,325 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Liberia | 3,149 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | 3,137 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Indonesia | 2,736 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Suriname | 2,708 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 228.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Iran | 2,522 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Zimbabwe | 2,450 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Uganda | 2,415 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Uruguay | 2,349 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Chile | 2,282 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 2,158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Syria | 2,145 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 2,097 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.4% | rising |
| 138 | Malawi | 1,941 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 139 | East Timor | 1,917 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,810 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Zambia | 1,765 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Oman | 1,733 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Myanmar | 1,682 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 1,682 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 145 | Cameroon | 1,589 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Djibouti | 1,543 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 1,345 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Nepal | 1,319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Brazil | 1,280 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Yemen | 1,238 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 151 | Canada | 1,206 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Belize | 1,205 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Cambodia | 1,164 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Guyana | 1,155 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 1,038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 1,023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Peru | 1,012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Libya | 888.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Australia | 822.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Algeria | 803.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Russia | 758.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.8% | falling |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 724.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 320.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 665.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 630.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Namibia | 622.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 564.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 557.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Congo | 557.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Laos | 538.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Paraguay | 523.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 172 | South Sudan | 522.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 512.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Madagascar | 492.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 477.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 475.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Sudan | 452.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 349.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Mozambique | 339.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Botswana | 334.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Bolivia | 265.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 238.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Mongolia | 199.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Eritrea | 176.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 185 | Mauritania | 174.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Mali | 168.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 145.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 112.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.2% | 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 4,684 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1,559 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar 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, US dollar ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar 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, US dollar 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.