Malawi vs Samoa: Total reserves

Malawi
594.50 million includes gold, current US$
in 2020
Samoa
598.34 million includes gold, current US$
in 2025
Malawi rank
158th
Samoa rank
157th

Total reserves over time

  • Malawi
  • Samoa
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196419942025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 598.34 million includes gold, current US$ against 594.50 million includes gold, current US$ in Malawi, a difference of 3.84 million includes gold, current US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 158th and Samoa ranks 157th 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.