Kuwait vs Qatar: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
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
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.