Denmark vs Sri Lanka: Reserves and related items

Denmark
1.43 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.50 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Denmark rank
42nd
Sri Lanka rank
41st

Reserves and related items over time

  • Denmark
  • Sri Lanka
-10.0B010.0B20.0B30.0B197519992024

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.50 billion BoP, current US$ against 1.43 billion BoP, current US$ in Denmark, a difference of 64.69 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 26 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 42nd and Sri Lanka ranks 41st of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 7,728 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. 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.Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. 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.