Lebanon vs Norway: Reserves and related items

Lebanon
-2.04 billion BoP, current US$
in 2023
Norway
-1.99 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Lebanon rank
178th
Norway rank
177th

Reserves and related items over time

  • Lebanon
  • Norway
-15.0B-10.0B-5.0B05.0B10.0B197520002025

How they compare

Norway currently reports -1.99 billion BoP, current US$ against -2.04 billion BoP, current US$ in Lebanon, a difference of 43.97 million BoP, current US$.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Lebanon ranks 178th and Norway ranks 177th 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.