Ghana vs Malaysia: Reserves and related items

Ghana
3.40 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Malaysia
3.85 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Ghana rank
22nd
Malaysia rank
20th

Reserves and related items over time

  • Ghana
  • Malaysia
-10.0B010.0B20.0B30.0B197419992025

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 3.85 billion BoP, current US$ against 3.40 billion BoP, current US$ in Ghana, a difference of 441.93 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Ghana ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 22nd and Malaysia ranks 20th 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.