Kuwait vs Qatar: Total reserves

Kuwait
51.74 billion includes gold, current US$
in 2025
Qatar
55.85 billion includes gold, current US$
in 2025
Kuwait rank
48th
Qatar rank
46th

Total reserves over time

  • Kuwait
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 55.85 billion includes gold, current US$ against 51.74 billion includes gold, current US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 4.11 billion includes gold, current US$.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Kuwait ahead.

Globally, Kuwait ranks 48th and Qatar ranks 46th of 181 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total reserves (includes gold, current US$)
Unit
includes gold, current US$
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 9,490 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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. 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.